Evenings At The Opera
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Evenings At The Opera
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Author : Jeffrey Alan Langford
language : en
Publisher: Amadeus
Release Date : 2011
Evenings At The Opera written by Jeffrey Alan Langford and has been published by Amadeus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Operas categories.
Opera has been called the ultimate, art form-a fusion of sight and sound, of singers and orchestra, of action, music, text, and visuals. Evenings at the Opera examines operas that have stood the test of time and entered the standard repertoire, presenting a unique view of nearly two hundred years of stylistic development, from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Benjamin Britten. Jeffrey Langford shows how the genre's competing components can combine to make effective music drama. Taking a thematic approach (rather than a purely historical one), Langford engages the reader in exploring how shifting aesthetics from one composer to another, one country to another, and one era to another have resulted in vastly different solutions to the problem of how to make a dramma per musica (drama in music), as the Italian inventors of opera first called it. He goes well beyond mere plot synopsis, guiding the reader through analysis of specific issues of musical form, style, and technique to shed new light on the perennial question of "how opera (sometimes) works." Filled with music examples and enhanced by vivid Metropolitan Opera photos by Ken Howard and Marty Sohl, this insightful and provocative book is for anyone who loves opera. Book jacket.
A Night At The Opera
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Author : Sir Denis Forman
language : en
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date : 2011-10-05
A Night At The Opera written by Sir Denis Forman and has been published by Modern Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-05 with Music categories.
“Delightful and anti-reverential”—Sunday Times (London) With an encyclopedic knowledge of opera and a delightful dash of irreverence, Sir Denis Forman throws open the world of opera—its structure, composers, conductors, and artists—in this hugely informative guide. A Night at the Opera dissects the eighty-three most popular operas recorded on compact disc, from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur to Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. For each opera, Sir Denis details the plot and cast of characters, awarding stars to parts that are “worth looking out for,” “really good,” or, occasionally, “stunning.” He goes on to tell the history of each opera and its early reception. Finally, each work is graded from alpha to gamma (although the Ring cycle gets an “X”), and Sir Denis has no qualms about voicing his opinion: the first act of Fidelio is “a bit of a mess,” while the last scene of Don Giovanni “towers above the comic finales of Figaro and Così and whether or not [it] is Mozart's greatest opera, it is certainly his most powerful finale.” The guide also presents brief biographies of the great composers, conductors, and singers. A glossary of musical terms is included, as well as Operatica, or the essential elements of opera, from the proper place and style of the audience's applause (and boos) to the use of subtitles. A Night at the Opera is for connoisseurs and neophytes alike. It will entertain and inform, delight and (perhaps) infuriate, providing a subject for lively debate and ready reference for years to come.
A Night At The Opera
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Author : Barry Hewlitt-Davies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980-01-01
A Night At The Opera written by Barry Hewlitt-Davies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-01-01 with Opera categories.
5000 Nights At The Opera
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Author : Rudolf Bing
language : en
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y : Doubleday
Release Date : 1972
5000 Nights At The Opera written by Rudolf Bing and has been published by Garden City, N.Y : Doubleday this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Night At The Opera
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Author : Stacy Henrie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-10-11
Night At The Opera written by Stacy Henrie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-11 with Americans categories.
NIGHT AT THE OPERA - Book 1 (1908)When Grace Barton, an American heiress, stumbles across a wounded man at the opera in London, she shares a kiss with the injured stranger that changes her life. More determined than ever to marry for love instead of a title-and find the man she kissed-she's certain the stranger can't be the insufferable Avery Winfield who constantly badgers her with his ill opinions of high-society life and her efforts to hold to her faith amidst London's ballrooms. Avery Winfield is stunned when he learns Grace is the woman he shared the extraordinary kiss with when she found him wounded in the opera box. While most of London society believes him to be a suitable match for their daughters, he is actually working for the Secret Service Bureau as a secret agent, fettering out German spies from among the ton. But his most important mission might just be convincing the one woman strong enough to change his mind about marriage and God that he isn't the blackguard she believes-he's the stranger who won her heart that night at the opera.
First Nights At The Opera
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Author : Thomas Forrest Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2006-05-01
First Nights At The Opera written by Thomas Forrest Kelly 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 2006-05-01 with Music categories.
A renowned music scholar narrates the social history of European opera during its golden age in the 18th and 19th centuries by taking readers behind the scenes at the premiere performances of five extraordinary and influential operas. 88 illustrations.
A Night At The Opera
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Author : George Simon Kaufman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
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A Thousand And One Nights Of Opera
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Author : Frederick Herman Martens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1926
A Thousand And One Nights Of Opera written by Frederick Herman Martens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1926 with Ballet categories.
A Night At The Opera
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Author : Groucho Marx
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
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A Night In At The Opera
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Author : Jeremy Tambling
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1994
A Night In At The Opera written by Jeremy Tambling and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Art categories.
Offering an arresting range of accounts by specialists in music, media, and popular culture on how the popular arts have represented opera, this book raises issues about the sociology of music and its implications for television and video culture.