The outspoken critic John F. Runciman tells Wagner’s life stage by stage, from youth through the hungry years in Magdeburg, Riga and Paris, the Dresden revolution, exile in Zurich and patronage in Munich, to Bayreuth and Parsifal. Along the way he retells the operas, such as the love-potion scene of Tristan, and sums up the achievement.
A compact, opinionated introduction for music lovers approaching Wagner. Download the free EPUB.