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Inside the Ring: Essays on Wagner's Opera Cycle

  • Editor: DiGaetani, John Louis
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Contents

  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments     
  • Preface     
  • A Ring Chronology     
  • Introduction: The Cycles in the Cycle     
  • I. The Foundation
  • 1. The Golden Ring in a Golden Age     
  • 2. Selling the Ring: Richard Wagner’s “Enterprise”     
  • II. Interpretations
  • 3. Gold Rules: The Politics of Wagner’s Ring     
  • 4. Romanticism in the Ring     
  • 5. The Ring: An Italian Dream Set in Switzerland     
  • III. The Ring and Germany
  • 6. Wagner’s Ring and German Culture: Performances and Interpretations On and Off Stage     
  • 7. Wagner’s Ring Premiere in Munich     
  • 8. Transgression and Taboo: Eros, Marriage, and Incest in Die Walküre     
  • IV. Production and Influence of the Ring
  • 9. A Select Production History of the Ring     
  • 10. The Ring in America     
  • 11. Wagnerian Opera's Influence on World Literature     
  • V. The Language and Music of the Ring
  • 12. The Language of the Ring     
  • 13. An Interview with Jane Eaglen     
  • VI. Conclusion
  • 14. The Trouble with Wagner     
  • 15. The Ring on Disc and on Video     
  • About the Contributors     
  • Index