Richard Wagner /

"In Lohengrin Wagner links arias with recitatives--unbroken musical continuity is born. In Tristan und Isolde he changes the very role of the orchestra. And in The Ring of the Niebelungen he invents the leitmotif. This program charts the fortunes and innovations of the composer who truly revolu...

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Corporate Authors:	Audiovisioconcept (Firm), Cinquième (Firm), Mezzo (Television station : Paris, France), Centre national de la cinématographie (France), INA Entreprise, Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH, Films for the Humanities (Firm), Reiner Moritz Associates
Other Authors:	Blanc-Hermeline, Marie-Dominique, Orreindy, Philippe, Marcus, Edward
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, NJ : [Place of publication not identified] : Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; RM Associates, [2003]
Series:	Harmonics, the innovators of classical music (DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:	Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883. Composers > Germany > Biography. Documentary films.

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Summary:	"In Lohengrin Wagner links arias with recitatives--unbroken musical continuity is born. In Tristan und Isolde he changes the very role of the orchestra. And in The Ring of the Niebelungen he invents the leitmotif. This program charts the fortunes and innovations of the composer who truly revolutionized opera. Beginning with The Flying Dutchman, the video explores the connections between Wagner's themes and the events in his life that inspired them. Excerpts from the Wagnerian canon include Bayreuth Festival productions of Lohengrin and Parsifal; Sir George Solti conducting Tannhauser; and Pierre Boulez conducting the Ring cycle."--Container.
Item Description:	Copyright date on the screen: 1998. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD.
Production Credits:	Editor, Marie-France Cuenot.