When the ghost of the composer Richard Wagner visits the raving Friedrich Nietzsche within the walls of the Turin lunatic asylum the details of their dreadful conflict are revealed.

The composer Richard Wagner and the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche were good friends but on the day of Richard Wagner's greatest triumph, the opening of his Opera House at Bayreuth, Nietzsche walked away from the friendship and later threatened to kill Wagner. Soon after these bizarre events Wagner died and Nietzsche went raving mad, The details of the quarrel between these giants of 20th century culture is revealed when the Ghost of Richard Wagner materializes to the raving Nietzsche within the walls of the Turin Lunatic Asylum.—Julian Doyle

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche collapsed in the street in Italy and was removed to the Turin Lunatic Asylum. There his tortured mind sees the Ghost of his one time friend Richard Wagner who had recently died. They had been friends but on the day of Wagner's greatest triumph, the opening of his Opera house, Nietzsche walked away from the friendship and later threatened to kill Wagner. In the Asylum, like Wagner's Flying Dutchman the ghost is trapped by Nietzsche till he can redeem himself of his many betrayals. All the events mentioned are true and the dialogue comes direct from the writings of these two giants of 19th century culture.

Richard Wagner and the Friedrich Nietzsche were good friends but on the day of Wagner's greatest triumph, Nietzsche threatened to kill Wagner. But soon after Wagner died and Nietzsche went mad. But all is revealed when the Ghost of Wagner materializes to the raving Nietzsche in the Turin Asylum.