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by Jasmin Solfaghari Opera director Jasmin Solfaghari has written a very special kind of opera guide. Three milestones of the opera literature are explained by the narrator "LUNA of the moon" in a most skillful way… Click Here for more Info

Overture to Murder

by Erica Miner The curtain comes down on murder in Book 3 of the Julia Kogan Opera Mystery series as the intrepid young violinist risks her own safety to tackle the perilous investigation of a grisly killing at the San Francisco Opera. But she soon realizes it’s not only her own life that’s in danger. Click Here for more info

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More by Jasmin Solfaghari… click on a book cover or visit her website.

Der Ring Des Nibelungen

by Stefan Mickisch Piano virtuoso and musicologist, Stefan Mickisch, has lectured and performed Wagner for most of his career. In this 6 DVD set on the Ring he not only lectures with a deep connection the musical structure, but also performs major parts of the work.… Click Here for more Info

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Parisfal: The Will and Redemption

by John L. Mastrogiovanni, D.Min. Parsifal is Richard Wagner’s final musical and philosophical treatise to the world. Since its introduction to opera houses beyond Bayreuth, many have shared their insights about what the spiritual and religious meanings were regarding this work. However, Wagner himself knew what he meant when he conceived it… Click Here for more Info

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Wagner’s Visions: Poetry, Politics, and the Psyche in the Operas through Die Walküre

by Katharine Syer Wagner's Visions studies crucial influences on Wagner's dramatic style during the years before and just after the failed Dresden revolutionary uprising of 1849. Offering a detailed examination of Die Feen, Wagner's least-known complete opera, together with analysis of Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and the four Ring dramas, Katherine Syer explores the inner experiences of Wagner's protagonists. Sources ofparticular political significance include the fables of the eighteenth-century Venetian playwright Carlo Gozzi, the Iphigenia operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck, and the legacy of the martyr Theodor Körner, whose poetry became the lingua franca of the revolutionary movement to liberate and unify Germany. Syer's book offers fresh insights into the historical context that gave rise to Wagner's dramatic art, revealing how his distinct and powerful imagery is intimately bound up with the crises and instabilities of his era. Katherine R. Syer is associate professor of theatre and musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.