Richard Wagner’s magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work. Frederick Paul Walter makes The Valkyri

"The most comprehensive study of the opera yet . . . Darcy uses his work on the sources to describe the compositional process of the opera, but also as a spring

This accessible text guides novice and seasoned opera listeners alike through Richard Wagner's renowned Ring cycle. To aid in understanding this complex and oft