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Simon Callow, the celebrated author of Orson Welles , delivers a dazzling, swift, and accessible biography of the musical titan Richard Wagner and his profoundly problematic legacy—a fresh take for seasoned acolytes and the perfect introduction for new fans. Richard Wagner's music dramas have never been more popular or more divisive. His ten masterpieces, created against the backdrop of a continent in severe political and cultural upheaval, constitute an unmatched body of work. A man who spent most of his life in abject poverty, inspiring both critical derision and hysterical hero-worship, Wagner was a walking contradiction: belligerent, flirtatious, disciplined, capricious, demanding, visionary, and poisonously anti-Semitic. Acclaimed biographer Simon Callow evokes the intellectual and artistic climate in which Wagner lived and takes us through his most iconic works, from his pivotal successes in The Flying Dutchman and Lohengrin , to the musical paradigm shift contained in Tristan and Isolde , to the apogee of his achievements in The Ring of the Nibelung and Parsifal , which debuted at Bayreuth shortly before his death. Being Wagner brings to life this towering figure,

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Author

Callow, Simon

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780525436188

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Music, Biography

Rating

4.5 / 5 (172 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14