http://users.belgacom.net/wagnerlibrary/ Updates to The Wagner Library en-gb 17 Aug 2008 00:00 GMT 17 Aug 2008 00:00 GMT patrick.swinkels@belgacom.net http://users.belgacom.net/wagnerlibrary/prose/wlpr0085.htm This statement contains, in addition to detailed instructions on the production and performance of Tannhäuser, certain funcamental, practical comments by Wagner on performing musical-dramatic works. Wagner calls for a close link between staging and music. The production must be backed at all times by the score. Comprehensive instructions for the conductor, director, set designer, and performers of Tannhäuser are included. [from the "Wagner Handbook", p. 603] http://users.belgacom.net/wagnerlibrary/prose/wlpr0090.htm Wagner gives a detailed report in letter form (dated 27 March 1861) on the events that occurred at the notorious production of Tannhäuser in Paris on 13, 18, and 24 March 1861. [from the "Wagner Handbook", p. 604] http://users.belgacom.net/wagnerlibrary/prose/wlpr0110.htm Program note for a concert in Zurich on 16 March 1852. [from the "Wagner Handbook", p. 644] and published in the Neue Zeitschrift for 14 January 1853.