Variants in Wagner Vocal Lines

VARIANTS IN WAGNER'S VOCAL LINES(The "Ring" Operas)By Susan S. Webb   This unusual volume is a departure from any volume we have ever published. It contains the musical and texts variants from one published or manuscript source to another, as they are found in Wagner's DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN. To this unique volume by Susan S. Webb, the author brings years ofexperience having worked with first rate exponents of Wagner's RingCycle, probably most notable being Wolfgang Wagner, himself,who invited Miss Webb to join the music staff of the BayreutherFestspiele for the 1988 "Ring" and provided her with the incomparableexperience of spending weeks and weeks in the capitol city ofWagnerland.Susan S. Webb has been an assistant conductor and prompter with theSan Francisco, Chicago Lyric and Metropolitan Opera companies. Herfull-time engagement with the Metropolitan Opera began when MusicDirector James Levine invited her to be an assistant for the "Ring":four new productions which were videotaped