1983
Wenn du geredet hättest, Desdemona
Original monologues from 1983 “Ich wär Goethes dickere Hälfte.” Christiane von Goethe im Vorzimmer der verwitweten Oberstallmeisterin Charlotte von Stein “Wenn du geredet hättest, Desdemona.” Die letzte Viertelstunde im Schlafgemach des Feldherrn Othello “Bist du sicher, Martinus?” Die Tischreden der Katharina Luther, geborene von Bora “Vergeßt den Namen des Eisvogels nicht.” Sappho an die Abschied …
Svoboda: Wagner
Preface Josef Svoboda and Richard Wagner Josef Svoboda The Staging of Wagner’s Operas The Operas Der fliegende Holländer The Prague Production The Bayreuth Production Tannhäuser The Hamburg Production The London Production Tristan und Isolde The Wiesbaden-Cologne Productions The Bayreuth Production The Geneva Production Der Ring des Nibelungen The London Production Das Rheingold Die Walküre Siegfried …
Benjamin Britten: His Life and Operas
Prefac to the Second edition Life Early Work and Training Collaboration with W. H. Auden American Visit In Wartime England First Operatic Successes Festival Interlude Aldeburgh: Living in Crabbe Street Aldeburgh: At the Red House Personal Postscript The Operas Appendices include: Extract from The Britten Estate Executors’ Press Statement (1967) Establishment of the Britten-Pears Library …
Jean Genet
Genet’s Theatre: Biography and Other Background Deathwatch: The Ideal of Murder and the Prison System The Maids: Slavery and Absolute Desire The Balcony: Fascism and the Creative Process The Blacks: Play-Acting as the Black Man’s Burden The Screens: Mother and Son or the Third World’s Revenge The Spectator’s Response to Genet