INTRODUCING WAGNER - GRAPHIC GUIDE

2013 marks the bicentenary of Richard Wagner’s birth, with numerous events planned around the world.
Wagner’s operatic works rank with the supreme achievements of western culture. But acceptance of Wagner’s Músicaal genius is tempered by feelings of misgiving and many believe the composer’s underlying ideas to be indefensible. A self-styled social revolutionary, Wagner thought the world could be redeemed through vegetarianism and Aryan philosophy. Introducing Wagner: A Graphic Guide separates the composer’s art from the ideas and the arrogant destructive personal behaviour of the man.