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The Wagner Journal

The Wagner Journal, July 2012, Volume 6, Number 2

The Wagner Journal, July 2012, Volume 6, Number 2

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Features

Edward A. Bortnichak and Paula M. Bortnichak, The New Wagnerian Menagerie: Bayreuth as Social Evolution and Bioethics Laboratory 

Barry Emslie, Being German: Richard Wagner and Thomas Mann 

Jonas Karlsson, ‘In that hour it began’? Hitler, Rienzi, and the Trustworthiness of August Kubizek’s The Young Hitler I Knew


Reviews (live performances)

The New Parsifal in Copenhagen: Barry Millington, Hartmut Haenchen and Andreas Bücker

Lost in the Set: The giant high-tech set is not the problem with this Götterdämmerung, argues Wayne Gooding of the Met’s concluding Ring instalment

No Apologies for Nuremberg: Jerry Floyd finds Harry Kupfer’s new Zurich Meistersinger as evanescent as the bubbles blown in Act III


Reviews (CDs)

Barenboim’s XBox: Daniel Barenboim’s conducting of the Ring is the highlight of this CD box set of his ten Wagner recordings, according to Jerry Floyd

Mastering the Art of Conversation: The eloquence of Marek Janowski’s new Meistersinger is compromised, finds David Breckbill

Help for Heroes: Matthew Rye enjoys a disc of orchestral rarities but is unconvinced by an act of vocal heroism


Reviews (DVDs)

In the Image of Mann: Matthew Rye reviews a Ring staging that makes a very human drama out of the myth

No Sound of Music: Hilan Warshaw is bewildered by the decision to release this ground-breaking 1913 Wagner biopic without music


Reviews (books)

Victors or Victims? Barbara Eichner welcomes a further contribution to the debate on Wagner’s heroines

Maestro versus Meister: Roderick Swanston is swept up by a study of two 19th-century cultural colossi

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