- Prologue
Part I: Felstenstein on the Music Theatre in General
- The staging of opera
- Method and attitude
- Partnership with the audience
- Basic questions of method in the music theater
- On the training of stage directors for the music theater
- The approach to the work
Part II: Felsenstein on Specific Problems
- Why does Pamina flee?
- Donna Anna and Don Giovanni
- On Janáček’s dramatic works
- The undistorted Carmen
- Preparation for staging Carmen (by Stephan Stompor)
- Felsenstein analyzes the tragedy of Carmen
Part III: Interviews with Walter Felsenstein
- Rolf Liebermann: Conversations during rehearsals
- André Boll: A contribution to the discussion of the music theater
- Horst Seeger: Opera in films and on television
- Vilem Pospisil: The ABC of stage direction
- Hans-Rainer John: A conversation of the tasks of the music theater
Part IV: Views, Reviews and Reactions
- Joachim Herz: On the reality of the singing human being
- Stephan Stompor: Dramaturgy in the music theater
- Rudolf Heinrich: Set designer for the music theater
- Siegfried Melchinger: The new Traviata
- Horst Koegler: The stage director Walter Felsenstein
- Peter Paul Fuchs: Random notes taken during a Felsenstein seminar
- H. H. Stuckenschmidt: Felsenstein’s magic realism
- Epilogue: Quoting Felsenstein
Topics covered by this book
- La traviata (drama) • Part IV - Views, Reviews and Reactions: Siegfried Melchinger: The new Traviata
- Don Giovanni (drama) • Part II - Felsenstein on Specific Problems: Donna Anna and Don Giovanni
- Die Zauberflöte (drama) • Part II: Felsenstein on specific problems: Why does Pamina flee?
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