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Svoboda: Wagner: Joseph Svoboda's Scenography for Richard Wagner's Operas

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Jarka Burian
1983
Published by: Wesleyan University Press
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In Svoboda: Wagner, Jarka Burian (1927–2005) presents an in-depth exploration of the collaboration between one of Germany's greatest composers and the Czech Republic's most innovative multimedia scene designer. More familiar with Svoboda's (1920–2002) work, Burian translates the artistic collaboration between Svoboda and Wagner through the production of The Ring of the Nibelung, one of opera's most complicated pieces. Examining stage orchestration, acting methods, and architecture, Burian attempts a view into modern scenography and the inner workings of the theatre for the public reader.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half-Title Page

pp. i

Frontispiece

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv

Contents

pp. v

List of Illustrations

pp. vi-viii

List of Plates

Preface

pp. ix-x

Part One. Josef Svoboda and Richard Wagner

pp. 1-2

1. Josef Svoboda

pp. 3-7

2. The Staging of Wagner’s Operas

pp. 8-20

Part Two. The Operas

pp. 21-22

3. Der Fliegende Holländer

pp. 23-30

4. Tannhäuser

pp. 31-39

5. Tristan und Isolde

pp. 40-53

6. Der Ring des Nibelungen

pp. 54-92

7. Die Meistersinger

pp. 93-96

Part Three. Conclusion and Postscript

pp. 97-98

Conclusion

pp. 99-100

Postscript

pp. 101-102

Appendix A: The Covent Garden Platform

pp. 103

Appendix B: Svoboda Productions, 1971–1982

pp. 104-113

Notes

pp. 114-116

Selected Bibliography

pp. 117

About the Author

pp. 118
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