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Review - Story of the Century: Wagner and the Creation of The Ring (By Michael Downes)

Hugo Shirley
Friday, January 24, 2025

‘Eschewing a blow-by-blow account, Downes peppers his story with insights that take us to the heart of Wagner’s achievement’

Faber & Faber, HB, 309pp, £22
Faber & Faber, HB, 309pp, £22

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