Wagner Without Fear(ISBN=9780375700545)

　　William Berger was born in California and studied Romance languages and music at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He worked for five years at the San Francisco Opera Company, where he acquired for the comapny's recorded music collection and translated for visiting performers. He has taught language at Baruch College in New York City. He contributed to James Skofield's libretto forThe Dracula Diaries, an opera with music by Robert Moran, and has just completed the libretto forThe Wolf of Gubbio, with the composer Patrick Barnes. Mr Berger currently lives in New York and is at work on a performance piece,Karajan's Wake

Preface
PART ONE：APPROACHING WAGNER
　Welcome to the Art ofRichard Wagner．
　The Strange Life and Career ofRichard Wagner
　Richard Wagner,Superstar
　Map of Places in Wagner's Life．
　Map of Places in Wagner's Operas
PART TWO：7HE OPERAS
　The Flying Dutchman  
　Tannhduser und der Sdngerkrieg aufWanbuN
　Lohengrin   
　Tristan und Isolde
　Die Meistersinger yon Niimberg  
　Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Das Rheingold
    Die WaIkiire   
    Siegfried
    G6tterdiimmerung   
　Facets of the Ring
　Parsifal
PART THREE：EXPLORⅡNG WAGNER
　Wagner Issues：Vegetarianism，Antivivisectionism，and Anti．Semitism
　WagneronCD
　Wagner in Print
　Wagner．Oriented Films   
　Wagner Soundtracks
　Making the Hadj：An Insider’S Guide to Bayreuth
Glossary
Inder