Reviews for A Wagner Matinee

The average rating for A Wagner Matinee based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-08-26 00:00:00 Kathleen Reill "A Wagner Matinee" is a story of hardship, memories, and regrets. Aunt Georgiana, a well-educated music teacher in Boston, left a life that she loved to get married. She and her husband were pioneers in Nebraska, living a life of hardship and isolation. When she comes to Boston to settle an estate, her nephew Clark remembers her kindness, her help with his schooling, their mutual love of music, and how she steered him away from a life on the farm that did not suit his interests. Clark treats Aunt Georgiana to a symphony concert, and her reaction is an important part of the story.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-26 00:00:00 Mike Brown Her eyes were closed, but the tears were glistening on her cheeks, and I think in a moment more they were in my eyes as well. It never really dies, then, the soul? It withers to the outward eye only, like that strange moss which can lie on a dusty shelf half a century and yet, if placed in water, grows green again. What an amazing story. It incorporates all those wonderful traits that I have come to associate with Willa Cather: the beautiful language, the understanding of the difficult life of the plains, the ebb and flow of the music of the soul; and it delivers a strong message built around the contrasts of the city cultures and the farming realities. I want to say much more, but I don't want to give away the story for anyone who has not read it. If you love Cather, you will love this; if you do not know Cather, I cannot think of a better way to get an introduction.