ABSTRACT
A superb introduction to Wagner’s earliest “mature” opera, beautifully illustrated with reproductions of art works by Gustave Doré and EdvardMunch, stage sets and scenes fromHerbertWernicke’s Munich production of 1981, and a complete facsimile of a review article published on 7 October 1843 in Leipzig’s Illustrierte Zeitung (pp. 45-60). Includes comments byWernicke aswell as articles by Dieter Borchmeyer, Carl Dahlhaus, Deathridge, and Vetter on the background, story, and musical contents of Holländer; also includes quotations from relevant
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