NEW GROVE GUIDE TO WAGNER AND HIS OPERAS, THE

One of the most controversial figures in the history of ideas as well as music, Richard Wagner continues to stimulate debate whenever his works are performed. Drawing upon the scholarship of 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', the most comprehensive dictionary of opera in the world, Barry Millington offers a concise, portable survey and guide containing detailed entries on each of the operas, a biographical section, and articles on such topics as Leitmotif and Bayreuth.