Book Post

Book Post

Share this post

Book Post
Book Post
Review: Peter Brooks on Alex Ross’s “Wagnerism”

Review: Peter Brooks on Alex Ross’s “Wagnerism”

Ann Kjellberg
Dec 05, 2020
∙ Paid
7

Share this post

Book Post
Book Post
Review: Peter Brooks on Alex Ross’s “Wagnerism”
2
Share

The first time I sat through Wagner’s complete Ring cycle, early in the 1990s, the neighboring seats held a planeload of Germans who had come over for the Met’s version because it was more to their taste than the modernizing Regietheater dominant in various German cities: Otto Schenk’s Met production would not have been out of place at Wagner’s own thea…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Book Post to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 The Author
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share