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[M. Owen Lee] ☆ Wagner's Ring: Turning the Sky Round ☆ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Wagner's Ring: Turning the Sky Round "Brief but interesting and insightful" according to A Customer. Is there a better writer on opera today than Father Owen Lee? This book provides five essays on The Ring (an introduction plus an essay on each individual Ring opera) which are brief (about 15-20 pages each) but always interesting and insightful. For those new to the Ring, who want to get an idea of "what all the fuss is about" without wading though hundreds of pages of analysis, this book is indispensible. And even for those who co
| Title | : | Wagner's Ring: Turning the Sky Round |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (865 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0879101865 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 126 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
"Brief but interesting and insightful" according to A Customer. Is there a better writer on opera today than Father Owen Lee? This book provides five essays on The Ring (an introduction plus an essay on each individual Ring opera) which are brief (about 15-20 pages each) but always interesting and insightful. For those new to the Ring, who want to get an idea of "what all the fuss is about" without wading though hundreds of pages of analysis, this book is indispensible. And even for those who come to it with a wealth of knowledge, this book will probably provide a few new insights.. exquisitely succinct interpretation and introduction. Robert J. Crawford to one of the most multi-layered works of art in existence.I have wanted to see this opera series for over 20 years, ever since I saw an opera properly prepared by a Wagner fanatic. Finally, I was in a place where I could, so I turned to the various preparations that I could find.This short book was indisputably one of the best, and it doesn't shy from bold pronouncements and interpretations. Lee is a classical scholar of great learning and brings together a huge range of sources in this 100plus-page book.First, he gives a sy. Beautifully written. Only anomaly is the reference to laser Beautifully written. Only anomaly is the reference to laser disc technology, with regard to the best recordings of the Ring.Otherwise, it's a timeless analysis that will serve the uninitiated.
. He is a commentator for the Texaco Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts and the author of a number of books on opera, including A Season of Opera: From Orpheus to Ariadne (UTP 1998) and Wagner: The Terrible Man and His Truthful Art (UTP 199). M. Owen Lee, CSB, is a Catholic priest and Professor Emeritus of Classics at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto
Commentary on and a concise, lucid interpretation of the opera world's most complex masterwork, expanded from the author's popular intermission talks during Met Opera broadcasts. "Anyone, whether knowledgeable or not, will profit by reading it" Opera Quarterly. (Limelight)
of Toronto) is a frequent guest on the Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, where his lucid, witty, and learned comments both instruct and entertain. . Highly recommended for academic and public libraries with strong music collections.- Beverly True, Cumberland Regional Lib., Amherst, Nova ScotiaCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Based on his commentaries during the Ring Cycle's presentation on four consecutive April weekends in 1989, the book takes its title from C.S. From Library Journal Lee (classics, St. Michael's Coll., Univ. Pure Northerness engulfed me." In a concise, beautifully shaped style, Lee summarizes the plot and analyzes each opera
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