Son of thunder and other libretti ; The lay of the last Dromon of Herragol : rhapsodic ventures into time, space and the soul / by Ira D. Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Ira D.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Librettos. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas--Librettos.

Operas.

Genre:

Librettos.

Physical Description:

934 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Son of thunder and other libretti ; The lay of the last Dromon of Herragol

Place of Publication:

Tavernier, FL : Trapezium Press, [2001]

Summary:

Contains eleven new libretti for famous 18th and 19th century scores, six are extraterrestrial and futuristic, four are contemporary and one is Biblical. Also included is one original saga: The lay of the last Dromon of Herragol.

Contents:

Son of thunder (Wagner, Tannhauser)

Pilgrimage (Wagner, Parsifal)

Conch Chernigan (Wagner, The flying Dutchman)

The Shofar (Mozart, The magic flute)

The tesseract cycle : preface

The tesseract (Wagner, Das rheingold)

The trapezium (Wagner, Die walkure)

The coalsack (Wagner, Siegfried)

Shards of glory (Wagner, Gotterdammerung)

The free-birther (Wagner, Lohengrin)

Fagan's faire (Wagner, Lohengrin)

Ester (Verdi, Nabucco)

The lay of the last Dromon of Herragol.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Contains:

Lay of the last Dromon of Herragol.

ISBN:

0971180903

OCLC:

49320238