Spotlight on Opera: Wagner, Part 2

Duration: 33

Year Published: 1956

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Discusses the later works of Wagner and the conditions under which various of his operas were written. Describes the process of writing the Ring, ending with four complete works--Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, and Die Gotterdammerung. Demonstrates with piano and voice, portions of Wagner's two shorter works, Tristan and Isolde, and Die Meistersinger.


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