Richard Wagner
In this perceptive and carefully constructed and illustrated book, Walter Hansen guides us through Richard Wagner’s adventurous life. 180 photos, from scenic stage settings to play bills, scripts and scores, encompassing significant locations and portraits of his friends, adversaries, patrons, consorts and mistresses bring a whole world vividly to life.
Press Comments on Hansen’s biography of Richard Wagner:
»A richly textured portrait of his life, full of detail ... Hansen has a keen sense for dramatic composition, rhetoric and drama… At long last here is a Wagner biography that is neither blinded by devotion nor overly concerned with political correctness.« Holger R. Stunz, ›Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung‹
»Hansen’s narrative is lively, gripping and erudite ... an enjoyable and instructive read.« Opernwelt
»Irreverent and absorbing.« dpa