Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex legacies made them incompatible. Verdi thought of art as a comfort to mankind
it pleased Wagner to believe that the nervous intensity of his operas might drive listeners mad.Is it impossible as Peter Conr...
Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex legacies made them incompatible. Verdi thought of art as a comfort to mankind
it pleased Wagner to believe that the nervous intensity of his operas might drive listeners mad.Is it impossible as Peter Conr...