HERE ART HAS ITS SAY. WIELAND WAGNER IN THE YEARS... - ANNO MUNGEN

Discover the fascinating story of Wieland Wagner, an artist who left an indelible mark on the post-war opera scene. Anno Mungen, a prominent musicologist and theater scholar, takes us on a journey through the life and work of this controversial director, showing his connections to the Nazi past and his influence on contemporary theater. It is a story about art, politics and the ruthless pursuit of fame.

• In-depth analysis of the life and work of Wieland Wagner
• Detailed study of the darkest years of the Bayreuth Festival
• Insightful look at Wagner's relationship with Adolf Hitler
• Discovery of the tragic intertwining of war and art
• Portrait of an artist in a historical and political context
• Analysis of Wagner's influence on contemporary opera theater

Anno Mungen's book is not only a biography, but also a fascinating cultural and historical analysis. The author, head of the Lehrstuhls fr Theaterwissenschaft unter besonderer Bercksichtigung des Musiktheaters and director of the Forschungsinstituts fr Musiktheater (fimt) at the University of Bayreuth, reconstructs Wieland Wagner's fate with extraordinary precision and erudition, showing his complex personality and controversial decisions. Mungen sheds light on the darkest years of the Bayreuth Festival and the opera houses in Nuremberg and Altenburg, explaining how the tragic intertwining of war and art, politics and the ruthless pursuit of fame came about.

Wieland Wagner, the grandson of the famous Richard Wagner, was an extremely controversial figure. On the one hand, an artist of great talent and vision who revolutionized opera staging. On the other hand, a man entangled in the Nazi past, benefiting from the protection of Adolf Hitler. Anno Mungen's book allows us to understand how these two aspects of his life intertwined, creating a fascinating and disturbing portrait of an artist in a historical and political context. This publication is a must-read for all lovers of opera, history and culture of the 20th century.

Anno Mungen, the author of the book, is a prominent musicologist and theater scholar. She studied flute at the Musikhochschule Duisburg, musicology and art history at the Technische Universitt Berlin. She devoted her doctoral dissertation to the Berlin works of Gaspare Spontini. She habilitated in the field of archeology of film music at the University of Mainz. In the years 20052006 she worked as an assistant professor and professor of musicology at the universities of Mainz and Bonn. She carried out major scientific projects: "WagnerWorldWide2013", "Musik - Stimme - Geschlecht" and "Musiktheater in Nrnberg im Nationalsozialismus". In 2018, she curated the exhibition "Hitler.Macht.Oper" in Nuremberg, and in 2021 she published a chronicle of Wieland Wagner's artistic career at Westend-Verlag in Frankfurt am Main.