Introduction. Die Meistersinger: Performance, History, Representation Nicholas Vazsonyi Performing (in) Die Meistersinger “Climbing Mount Everest”: On Conducting Die Meistersinger Peter Schneider “We Must Finally Stop Apologizing for Die Meistersinger!”: A Conversation with Harry Kupfer Richard Wagner’s Cobbler Poet Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau The Dangers of Satisfaction: On Songs, Rehearsals, and Repetition in Die Meistersinger Lydia Goehr History …
Romance The romance of opera Myths of the artist Enchantment Disenchantment Revolution Writing the future Staging the future Writing the past Staging the past Exile The art of transition Desire Nirvana Politics and fantasy Religion Purity Bühnenweihfestspiel Transformation music The Grail
Introduction: From Total War to Absolute War? Prelude: ‘The Queen Must Be Told’ Secrets and Mysteries: The Intelligence Picture The Importance of Being Nuclear: the Bomb and the Fear of Escalation Defending the Realm: Vetting, Filing and Smashing ‘Beyond the Imagination’: The Spectre of Ever-Greater Annihilation ‘Breakdown’: Preparing for the Worst To the Cotswold Station: …
Production Note Original Casts His Dark Materials Part One Part Two Afterword Nicholas Wright
Preface Chronology Introduction ‘The Baines Note’ Further Reading A Note on the Texts The Plays Notes Glossary List of Mythological, Historical and Geographical Names
Chronology Introduction Nicholas Wright
Chronology Introduction Cathy Porter
Chronology Foreword John Godber, Hull, 2003 Introduction John Bennett, Liverpool, April 2003
General Editors’ Preface Introduction: Cloaks and Tombs Jean-Pierre Richard