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Historical Dictionary Of Opera


Historical Dictionary Of Opera
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Author : Scott L. Balthazar
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2013-07-05

Historical Dictionary Of Opera written by Scott L. Balthazar and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-05 with Music categories.


The information in the Historical Dictionary of Opera will help the reader identify central figures, works, concepts, and trends in the history of opera through selectively chosen entries that provide essential information and integrate that content within broad social or stylistic narratives. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, composers, individual keystone operas, cities and terms. This book is a vital reference tool for students, teachers, and to all opera lovers, performers, and composers who seek information about the development of the genre.



Singers Of Italian Opera


Singers Of Italian Opera
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Author : John Rosselli
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-03-02

Singers Of Italian Opera written by John Rosselli and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-03-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


Adelina Patti was the most highly regarded singer in history. She earned nearly $5,000 a night and had her own railway carriage. Yet a minor comic singer would perform for the cost of his food and a pair of shoes to wear on stage. John Rosselli's wide-ranging study introduces all those singers, members of the chorus as well as stars, who have sung Italian opera from 1600 to the twentieth century. Singers are shown slowly emancipating themselves from dependence on great patrons and entering the dangerous freedom of the market. Rosselli also examines the sexist prejudices against the castrati of the eighteenth century and against women singers. Securely rooted in painstaking scholarship and sprinkled with amusing anecdote, this is a book to fascinate and inform opera fans at all levels.



The New York Times Essential Library Opera


The New York Times Essential Library Opera
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Author : Anthony Tommasini
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2004-11-01

The New York Times Essential Library Opera written by Anthony Tommasini and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-01 with Music categories.


An insightful, provocative selection of the best opera performances, chosen by The New York Times's chief classical music critic in one hundred original essays Opera intertwines the drama of the theater with the powerful emotionality of music. In this magical and illuminating guide to the best opera recordings, Anthony Tommasini delves into the ways story and music interweave to create the subtle but telling moments that move us. Tommasini brings to life the rich history of opera performance and the singers and conductors who, over the past century, have come to own the music. He chooses masterworks, such as Arturo Toscanini's La Boheme, captured for posterity fifty years after he conducted the opera's 1896 premiere for Puccini, and Leontyne Price's Leonora in Il Trovatore, an encapsulation of the ideal Verdi soprano. For aficionados and newcomers alike, Tommasini is the perfect guide to the passions and playfulness of the opera.



The Don Giovanni Moment


The Don Giovanni Moment
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Author : Lydia Goehr
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2006

The Don Giovanni Moment written by Lydia Goehr and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Philosophy categories.


'The Don Giovanni Movement' examines the aesthetic and moral legacy of Mozart's operatic masterpiece in the literature, philosophy, and culture of the nineteenth century. Deeply rooted in the enlightenment and romanticism, the opera functions as icon andmyth, and its tensions still resonate today.



Not Without Madness


Not Without Madness
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Author : Fabrizio Della Seta
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013

Not Without Madness written by Fabrizio Della Seta and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.


In these 12 essays, the author explores the concept of opera as a dramatic event and an essential moment in the history of theatre. Examining the meaning of opera and the devices that produce and transmit this meaning, he looks at the complex verbal, musical and scenic mechanisms in parts of 'La Sonnambula', 'Ernani', 'Aida', 'Le Nozze di Figaro', 'Macbeth' and 'Il Trovatore'. He argues that approaches to the study of opera must address performance, interpretation, composition, reception, and cultural ramifications.



Stars Of The Opera


Stars Of The Opera
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Author : Mabel Wagnalls
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2021-03-16

Stars Of The Opera written by Mabel Wagnalls and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Art categories.




The Lyric Opera Companion


The Lyric Opera Companion
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Author : Lyric Opera of Chicago
language : en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 1991

The Lyric Opera Companion written by Lyric Opera of Chicago and has been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Music categories.




Memoirs Of The Opera In Italy France Germany And England


Memoirs Of The Opera In Italy France Germany And England
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Author : George Hogarth
language : en
Publisher: London : R. Bentley
Release Date : 1851

Memoirs Of The Opera In Italy France Germany And England written by George Hogarth and has been published by London : R. Bentley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1851 with Dramatic music categories.




Opera And Politics


Opera And Politics
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Author : John Bokina
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01

Opera And Politics written by John Bokina and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Music categories.


To what extent do operas express the political and cultural ideas of their age? How do they reflect the composer's view of the changing relations among art, politics, and society? In this book John Bokina focuses on political aspects and meanings of operas from the baroque to postmodern period, showing the varied ways that operas become sensuous vehicles for the articulation of political ideas. Bokina begins with an analysis of Monteverdi's three extant operas, which address in an oblique way the political and ideological dualities of aristocratic rule in the seventeenth-century Italy. He then moves to Mozart's "Don Giovanni", which he views as a celebration of the demise of a predatory aristocracy. He presents Beethoven's "Fidelio" as an example of the political spirit of a revolution based on republican virtue, and Wagner's "Parsifal" as a utopian music drama that projects romantic anticapitalist ideals onto an imagined past. He shows that Strauss's "Elektra" and Schoenberg's "Erwartung" transform the traditional operatic depiction of madness by reflecting the emerging Freudian psychoanalysis of that era. And he argues that operas by Pfitzner, Hindemith, and Schoenberg explore the political roles of art and the artists, each couching contemporary conditions in an allegory about the fate of art in a historical period of transition. Finally, Bokina offers a reappraisal of Henze's "The Bassarids" as a political opera that confronts the promise and limits of the sensual-sexual revolt of the twentieth-century.



Opera As Institution


Opera As Institution
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Author : Cristina Scuderi
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2020-02-18

Opera As Institution written by Cristina Scuderi and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-18 with Opera categories.


This volume brings together ten essays focusing on the diversity of operatic institutions, their protagonists, and historical fortunes in Europe from 1730 to 1917. Its aim is not to understand operatic institutions as locally distinct and isolated organizations, but rather to perceive them as a part of a historically fluctuating, transnational network: a network that was shaped among other things by individual professionals and groups in the opera business (and beyond), as well as by specific socio-cultural and political surroundings. The volume offers new perspectives on a wide range of topics, including networks of cultural exchange, singers as agents in shaping institutional structures, and the influence of socio-cultural, diplomatic, and political factors on operatic production across international borders.