The Annotated Ring Cycle
The Valkyrie (Die Walküre)
Seiten
2021
Applause Theatre Book Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-3672-0 (ISBN)
Applause Theatre Book Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-3672-0 (ISBN)
A dazzling, new translation and notes by Frederick Paul Walter spotlight the libretto, lyrics, and stage directions of Wagner's beloved The Valkyrie from the Ring Cycle, getting the most basic ingredient right: the actual story! It contains newly created graphic-novel style illustrations and full-color, classic artwork by Rackham and others.
Wagner’s magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.
Frederick Paul Walter makes The Valkyrie accessible not only to scholars and opera buffs but also to fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwart. Walter provides a dazzling, new translation in lively modern English and annotations that spotlight the libretto, lyrics, and stage directions. The translation conveys Wagner’s humor, rhymes, alliterative effects, subliminal messages, and inventive tale spinning, and gets the most basic ingredient right: the actual story! It highlights the motives, secrets, and plot twists—what’s really going on and what its narrative shows and tells.
The Annotated Ring Cycle includes newly created graphic-novel style illustrations that visually represent the storyline alongside color photos and classic artwork by Arthur Rackham, Howard Pyle, Aubrey Beardsley, the 1876 costume & set designs, and much more.
Wagner’s magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.
Frederick Paul Walter makes The Valkyrie accessible not only to scholars and opera buffs but also to fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwart. Walter provides a dazzling, new translation in lively modern English and annotations that spotlight the libretto, lyrics, and stage directions. The translation conveys Wagner’s humor, rhymes, alliterative effects, subliminal messages, and inventive tale spinning, and gets the most basic ingredient right: the actual story! It highlights the motives, secrets, and plot twists—what’s really going on and what its narrative shows and tells.
The Annotated Ring Cycle includes newly created graphic-novel style illustrations that visually represent the storyline alongside color photos and classic artwork by Arthur Rackham, Howard Pyle, Aubrey Beardsley, the 1876 costume & set designs, and much more.
Scriptwriter, fine-arts broadcaster, publicist, translator, and college theater director, Frederick Paul Walter has worked for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Southwest, and other performance organizations. He has written on Wagner, classical music, and opera for nearly half a century and has published modern translations of science fiction thrillers by French novelist Jules Verne for State University of New York and the U.S. Naval Institute. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.07.2021 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Cliff Mott |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 206 x 255 mm |
| Gewicht | 417 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-3672-4 / 1538136724 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-3672-0 / 9781538136720 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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