Puccini A Listener S Guide
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Puccini A Listener S Guide
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Author : John Bell Young
language : en
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Release Date : 2016-03-15
Puccini A Listener S Guide written by John Bell Young and has been published by Courier Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-15 with Music categories.
"This Dover edition, first published in 2016, is a slightly altered republication of the work originally published by Amadeus Press, New York, in 2008."
Puccini A Listener S Guide
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Author : John Bell Young
language : en
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Release Date : 2016-02-01
Puccini A Listener S Guide written by John Bell Young and has been published by Courier Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-01 with Music categories.
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) began his career at the end of the Romantic period and his death signaled the end of the last major age of Italian opera. During his lifetime and in posterity, the composer's popularity surpassed that of his peers, and three of his works — La bohéme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly — rank among the twenty-first century's ten most-performed operas. With their enchanting melodies, exotic subjects, and realistic plots, Puccini's operas continue to speak to the minds and hearts of listeners. This comprehensive exploration of Puccini's most beloved operas presents concise and entertaining overviews of the composer's works. In addition to exploring the poignant stories that inspired the operas, the guide elaborates on their musical and dramatic content. Part musical analysis and part interpretation, this book is above all a personal appreciation. In addition to offering an ideal companion for opera devotees, the accessible treatment forms an excellent introduction for novices.
Npr The Curious Listener S Guide To Opera
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Author : William Berger
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2002-02-05
Npr The Curious Listener S Guide To Opera written by William Berger and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-05 with Music categories.
Major composers including Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss * Legendary singers from the great divas to the Three Tenors * What to look for and listen to at the opera * The history of opera and why it endures * Stylistic variations and basic theoretical underpinnings * Appreciating the art form * Biographies of the opera's greatest artists * A survey of classic operas
Famous Puccini Operas
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Author : Spike Hughes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Famous Puccini Operas written by Spike Hughes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Music categories.
Musical illustrations and background information for each opera support an examination of the composer's career
Giacomo Puccini
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Author : Linda B. Fairtile
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-08
Giacomo Puccini written by Linda B. Fairtile and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-08 with Music categories.
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Npr Curious Listener S Guide To Opera
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Author : William Berger
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2002
The Npr Curious Listener S Guide To Opera written by William Berger and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Music categories.
An opera buff's definitive guide to operatic music traces the history of opera and its stylistic variations, discusses major operatic composers and their work, surveys classic operatic works, and offers concise profiles of legendary singers and performers. Original.
Puccini S Tosca
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Author : Michael Steen
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-02-20
Puccini S Tosca written by Michael Steen and has been published by Icon Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-20 with Music categories.
Tosca's première in Rome in January 1900 was nearly disrupted by a terrorist threat to blow up Italy's King Umberto. Victorien Sardou had written the melodrama for the great actress Sarah Bernhardt. Giacomo Puccini's popular opera is a tale of sadism and brutality, torture, attempted rape, murder, an execution and two suicides. 'Realism' was in vogue: Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana had been a great success, as had Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. With sharp practice, the publisher Giulio Ricordi obtained 'Tosca' for Puccini, who had already composed Manon Lescaut and La Bohème. The story, set in the Napoleonic, era was ideal for Puccini, a chain-smoker who enjoyed women, shooting birds, and high-speed motor cars. A political prisoner seeks sanctuary in the church where prima donna Floria Tosca's lover Cavaradossi, a role associated with Pavarotti, is painting a picture of Mary Magdalen. In Va, Tosca! the police chief Scarpia fantasises about Tosca during a Te Deum celebrating Napoleon's victory. Tosca stabs Scarpia following the famous operatic aria, Vissi d'arte, immortalised by Maria Callas on stage and in the film produced by Franco Zeffirelli. Awaiting death before dawn in the Castel Sant'Angelo, Cavaradossi sings the well-known arias E lucevan le stelle and O dolci mani. Tosca's attempt to save him comes to nothing. Written by Michael Steen, author of the acclaimed The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, 'Short Guides to Great Operas' are concise, entertaining and easy to read. They are packed with useful information and informed opinion, helping to make you a truly knowledgeable opera-goer, and so maximising your enjoyment of a great musical experience. Other 'Short Guides to Great Operas' that you may enjoy include La bohème, Madama Butterfly and Carmen.
The Complete Operas Of Puccini
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Author : Charles Osborne
language : en
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Release Date : 1982
The Complete Operas Of Puccini written by Charles Osborne and has been published by Atheneum Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Music categories.
While Puccini wrote only twelve operas during a long life--three of them one-acters designed to be performed together--he has to be ranked today as the world's most popular composer of opera. His La Boh
The Operagoer S Guide
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Author : M. Owen Lee
language : en
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Release Date : 2001
The Operagoer S Guide written by M. Owen Lee and has been published by Hal Leonard Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Music categories.
Offers brief summaries of the plots of one hundred operas, and includes background commentary and recommendations for favorite recordings of each opera.
The Puccini Problem
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Author : Alexandra Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-03-08
The Puccini Problem written by Alexandra Wilson 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 2007-03-08 with Music categories.
A detailed investigation of the reception and cultural contexts of Puccini's music, this book offers a fresh view of this historically important but frequently overlooked composer. Wilson's study explores the ways in which Puccini's music and persona were held up as both the antidote to and the embodiment of the decadence widely felt to be afflicting late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italy, a nation which although politically unified remained culturally divided. The book focuses upon two central, related questions that were debated throughout Puccini's career: his status as a national or international composer, and his status as a traditionalist or modernist. In addition, Wilson examines how Puccini's operas became caught up in a wide range of extra-musical controversies concerning such issues as gender and class. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of both the history of opera and of the wider artistic and intellectual life of turn-of-the-century Italy.