Books with author Richard Walsh

From Wikipedia: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), WWV 63, is a German language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner. Wagner claimed in his 1870 autobiography Mein Leben that he had been inspired to write the opera following a stormy sea crossing he made from Riga to London in July and August 1839. In his 1843 Autobiographic Sketch, Wagner acknowledged he had taken the story from Heinrich Heine's retelling of the legend in his 1833 satirical novel The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski (Aus den Memoiren des Herrn von Schnabelewopski).[1] The central theme is redemption through love. Wagner conducted the premiere at the Semper Oper in Dresden in 1843. This work shows early attempts at operatic styles that would characterise his later music dramas. In Der fliegende Holländer Wagner uses a number of leitmotifs (literally, "leading motifs") associated with the characters and themes. The leitmotifs are all introduced in the overture, which begins with a well-known ocean or storm motif before moving into the Dutchman and Senta motifs. Wagner originally wrote the work to be performed without intermission - an example of his efforts to break with tradition - and, while today's opera houses sometimes still follow this directive, it is also performed in a three-act version.

What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be me? Or you? In a colourful text which draws on the resources of the Science Museum in London, Richard Walker explains how your brain, genes and body work together to make you you. In four sections, it deals with how the brain works; DNA, family and our identity; how we interact with others; and how a body grows, develops and ages. Age 11+