Nights at the Opera: Wagner's Tannhæuser

Excerpt from Nights at the Opera: Wagner's Tannh user Tannhauser, in the extremity. Of his misery, is now bent on moral suicide. He announces his intention Of return ing to Venus, to abandon himself to lecherous excess and the enchantments Of the goddess. Wolfram tries in vain to dissuade him from his fell purpose; but his doom seems sealed. From her mystic abode, Venus has heard his invocation. A mist, tinged with a rosy and super natural light, seems to fill the atmosphere; and as it clears, first the dancing nymphs, and then Venus herself, are revealed to the view. This magical vision is accompanied in the orchestra by fragments of the Venusberg music, with which the chorus Of Sirens is inter woven, with consummate skill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.… (more)