The Romantic World Of Puccini
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The Romantic World Of Puccini
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Author : Iris J. Arnesen
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2009-10-21
The Romantic World Of Puccini written by Iris J. Arnesen and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-21 with Music categories.
Giacomo Puccini, composer of some of the world’s most popular operas, including La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, was also a highly literary person who based his librettos on existing works of literature. This work explores that literary inheritance in an effort to enhance the listener’s appreciation of the operatic experience. The author argues that the majority of Puccini’s operas compose a grand cycle that finds its roots in the romance genre of 12th century France, serving to celebrate the strong, independent heroine. Via a close examination of the source works, the librettos, and the scores, this book offers fresh perspective on Puccini’s legacy.
Giacomo Puccini And His World
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Author : Arman Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-08-09
Giacomo Puccini And His World written by Arman Schwartz and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is the world's most frequently performed operatic composer, yet he is only beginning to receive serious scholarly attention. In Giacomo Puccini and His World, an international roster of music specialists, several writing on Puccini for the first time, offers a variety of new critical perspectives on the composer and his works. Containing discussions of all of Puccini’s operas from Manon Lescaut (1893) to Turandot (1926), this volume aims to move beyond clichés of the composer as a Romantic epigone and to resituate him at the heart of early twentieth-century musical modernity. This collection’s essays explore Puccini’s engagement with spoken theater and operetta, and with new technologies like photography and cinema. Other essays consider the philosophical problems raised by "realist" opera, discuss the composer’s place in a variety of cosmopolitan formations, and reevaluate Puccini’s orientalism and his complex interactions with the Italian fascist state. A rich array of primary source material, including previously unpublished letters and documents, provides vital information on Puccini’s interactions with singers, conductors, and stage directors, and on the early reception of the verismo movement. Excerpts from Fausto Torrefranca’s notorious Giacomo Puccini and International Opera, perhaps the most vicious diatribe ever directed against the composer, appear here in English for the first time. The contributors are Micaela Baranello, Leon Botstein, Alessandra Campana, Delia Casadei, Ben Earle, Elaine Fitz Gibbon, Walter Frisch, Michele Girardi, Arthur Groos, Steven Huebner, Ellen Lockhart, Christopher Morris, Arman Schwartz, Emanuele Senici, and Alexandra Wilson.
Giacomo Puccini And His World
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Author : Arman Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-08-09
Giacomo Puccini And His World written by Arman Schwartz and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is the world's most frequently performed operatic composer, yet he is only beginning to receive serious scholarly attention. In Giacomo Puccini and His World, an international roster of music specialists, several writing on Puccini for the first time, offers a variety of new critical perspectives on the composer and his works. Containing discussions of all of Puccini’s operas from Manon Lescaut (1893) to Turandot (1926), this volume aims to move beyond clichés of the composer as a Romantic epigone and to resituate him at the heart of early twentieth-century musical modernity. This collection’s essays explore Puccini’s engagement with spoken theater and operetta, and with new technologies like photography and cinema. Other essays consider the philosophical problems raised by "realist" opera, discuss the composer’s place in a variety of cosmopolitan formations, and reevaluate Puccini’s orientalism and his complex interactions with the Italian fascist state. A rich array of primary source material, including previously unpublished letters and documents, provides vital information on Puccini’s interactions with singers, conductors, and stage directors, and on the early reception of the verismo movement. Excerpts from Fausto Torrefranca’s notorious Giacomo Puccini and International Opera, perhaps the most vicious diatribe ever directed against the composer, appear here in English for the first time. The contributors are Micaela Baranello, Leon Botstein, Alessandra Campana, Delia Casadei, Ben Earle, Elaine Fitz Gibbon, Walter Frisch, Michele Girardi, Arthur Groos, Steven Huebner, Ellen Lockhart, Christopher Morris, Arman Schwartz, Emanuele Senici, and Alexandra Wilson.
Orientalism And The Operatic World
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Author : Nicholas Tarling
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-04-23
Orientalism And The Operatic World written by Nicholas Tarling and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-23 with Music categories.
Nicholas Tarling’s Orientalism and the Operatic World places opera in the context of its steady globalization over the last two centuries, offering key insights into such notable operas as George Frederic Handel’s Berenice, Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, Giacomo Puccini’s MadamaButterfly, Pietro Mascagni’s Iris, and others. Orientalism and the Operatic World argues that any close study of the history of Western opera, in the end, fails to support notion propounded by literary scholar Edward Said that the Westerners inevitably stereotyped, dehumanized, and ultimately sought only to dominate the East through art. Instead, Tarling argues that opera is a humanizing art, one that emphasizes what humanity has in common by epic depictions of passion through the vehicle of song.
Puccini Without Excuses
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Author : William Berger
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2009-07-01
Puccini Without Excuses written by William Berger and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with Music categories.
Puccini is the most beloved composer of opera in the world: one quarter of all opera performances in the U.S. are of his operas, his music pervades movie soundtracks, and his plots have infiltrated our popular culture. But, although Puccini’s art still captivates audiences and the popularity of such works as Tosca, La Bohéme, and Madama Butterfly has never waned, he has long been a victim of critical snobbery and cultural marginalization. In this witty and informative guide for beginners and fans alike, William Berger sets the record straight, reclaiming Puccini as a serious artist. Combining his trademark irreverent humor with passionate enthusiasm, Berger strikes just the right balance of introductory information and thought-provoking analysis. He includes a biography, discussions of each opera, a glossary, fun facts and anecdotes, and above all keen insight into Puccini’s enduring power. For anyone who loves Puccini and for anyone who just wonders what all the fuss is about, Puccini Without Excuses is funny, challenging, and always a pleasure to read. INCLUDES: • Why Puccini’s art and its message of hope is crucial to our world today • How Anglo audiences often miss the mythic significance of his operas • The use of his music as shorthand in films, from A Room with a View to Fatal Attraction • A scene-by scene analysis of each opera • A guide to the wealth of available recordings, books, and videos
Puccini S La Boheme
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Author : Burton D. Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Release Date : 2005
Puccini S La Boheme written by Burton D. Fisher and has been published by Opera Journeys Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Music categories.
A comprehensive guide to Puccini's LA BOHEME, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with over 20 Music Highlight Examples, a complete, newly translated LIBRETTO with English/Italian side-by-side, selected Discography and Videography, Dictionary of Opera and Musical Terms, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer.
The Marriage Between Perfume And The Lyric Stage
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Author : Mary May Robertson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2023-09-22
The Marriage Between Perfume And The Lyric Stage written by Mary May Robertson and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-22 with Music categories.
“But what is this scent of balmy air? What this ray of light in my tomb? I seem to see an angel, amid a scent of roses” sings Florestan in Fidelio, Beethoven’s only opera. The role of scents, smells, fragrances, and odours in opera has long been neglected, just as how much opera and its stars have influenced the world of perfumery from the nineteenth century to the present day. In the first book-length study on the topic, Professor Mary May Robertson explores the relationship between opera, perfumes, and their respective protagonists in order to map out the previously undiscussed connection between the two. Through compelling close readings of librettos and rigorous research through thousands of bottles of perfume, the reader will come to appreciate and recognise the influences and exchanges between operas and perfumes and their ultimate marriage in the previously unrecognised genre of Operatic Perfumes, which is to say, perfumes named after operas, composers, and their divas.
Opera Classics Library Puccini Companion
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Author : Burton D. Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Release Date : 2000-09-05
Opera Classics Library Puccini Companion written by Burton D. Fisher and has been published by Opera Journeys Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-05 with Music categories.
A comprehensive guide to Puccini's 12 operas, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, Story Narratives with over 120 Music Highlight Examples, and a newly translated Libretto of each opera (exclusing Turandot) with Italian English side-by-side.
Puccini S La Boh Me
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Author : Burton D. Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Release Date : 2001-08-15
Puccini S La Boh Me written by Burton D. Fisher and has been published by Opera Journeys Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-15 with categories.
Puccini S Turandot
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Author : Burton D. Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Release Date : 2005
Puccini S Turandot written by Burton D. Fisher and has been published by Opera Journeys Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Music categories.
A comprehensive guide to Puccini's TURANDOT, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with over 20 Music Highlight Examples, a complete, newly translated LIBRETTO with English/Italian side-by-side, selected Discography and Videography, Dictionary of Opera and Musical Terms, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer.