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Richard Wagner’s prose sketches for Jesus of Nazareth: historical and theological reflections on an uncompleted opera (2017)
Journal Article
Bell, R. H. (in press). Richard Wagner’s prose sketches for Jesus of Nazareth: historical and theological reflections on an uncompleted opera. Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 15(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1163/17455197-01502007

In May 1849 Wagner fled Dresden after the failure of the uprising of which he was a leader. His last creative work in Dresden was prose sketches for an opera Jesus of Nazareth, the result of his study of the Graeco-Roman world and the New Testament t... Read More about Richard Wagner’s prose sketches for Jesus of Nazareth: historical and theological reflections on an uncompleted opera.

Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'
Journal Article
Bell, R. H. Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'

In Wagner’s composition of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegfried Act III Scene 1 marks a significant milestone both in terms of its drama and its music. Wagner’s first significant work on the Ring was his sketch of 4 October 18482 but with the purpose o... Read More about Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime'.