Music-Genres & Styles-Opera

Meet the creators behind the words of Canadian opera in this exciting new collection of contemporary libretti. Featuring Ours by Robert Chafe, Rocking Horse Winner by Anna Chatterton, Beatrice Chancy by George Eilliott Clarke, Missing by Marie Clements, Nigredo Hotel by Ann-Marie MacDonald, Shelter...

This first of the classic two-volume survey of Handel's operas was first published in 1987 and reissued in a revised paperback edition in 1995. Now it is brought back into print in a year which has seen numerous productions and recordings of the operas...

(Opera). This classic oratorio, premiered in 1938, has not had chorus parts in the original French text available for sale until this new release.Author: Arthur HoneggerISBN-10: 0634095439ISBN-13: 9780634095436Publisher: Editions SalabertLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2005Pages: 75Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 12.00h x 8.90w x 0.20d

This book is exceptional amongst those that have appeared so far in this well-established series, in that it is largely written by those who worked with the composer and assisted him during the period in which the opera was composed and first put on...

Mozart's Don Giovanni is an operatic masterpiece full of iconic and mythical tensions that still resonate today. The work redefines the terms of power, seduction, and morality, and the resulting conflict between the aesthetic and the ethical is deeply rooted in the Enlightenment and...

Author: Axel K?rnerISBN-10: 1108826881ISBN-13: 9781108826884Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/2024Pages: 340Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.71d

Originally performed in Paris in 1831, 'Zampa, or the Marble Bride' is a popular opera with a beautifully crafted score. This three-act opera tells the story of two lovers whose fates are entwined with that of the villainous pirate Zampa. A must-read for fans...

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....

This invaluable primer will introduce the uninitiated to the mysteries of opera and help more experienced buffs to expand their understanding and deepen their appreciation of the art form. An Invitation to the Opera provides an accessible and completely comprehensive look at opera's rich...

Jean de Reszke was one of the greatest singers of the golden age of opera, and this book provides a fascinating window into his life and times. With its engaging prose and fascinating insights into the world of opera, The Operatic Age of Jean...

Varia Opera Mathematica D. Petri De Fermat, Senatoris Tolosani (1679) est liber qui continet varia opera mathematica, quae a D. Petro De Fermat, Senatoris Tolosani, scripta sunt. In hoc libro, Fermat tractat de geometria, algebra, arithmetica et alia mathematica disciplina. Praeterea, in hoc libro,...

Through a deft compilation of primary sources--letters, memoirs, and personal accounts from composers, librettists, and performers--Michael Rose re-creates for his readers the circumstances that gave rise to fifteen operatic milestones. From Monteverdi and Mozart to Puccini and Berg, each chapter focuses on a well-known...

Investigates how opera shapes national character through its representations of gender, sexuality, and class.Author: Richard DellamoraISBN-10: 0231109458ISBN-13: 9780231109451Publisher: Columbia University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/29/1997Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 9.22h x 6.11w x 0.73d

Since its beginnings, opera has depended on recognition as a central aspect of both plot and theme. Though a standard feature of opera, recognition--a moment of new awareness that brings about a crucial reversal in the action--has been largely neglected in opera studies. In...

This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi ('pear garden theatre'), heir and current expression of one of China's oldest unbroken xiqu ('Chinese opera') traditions. It considers the genre's history prior to the 20th century, its signal successes...

Well-known as a composer and philanthropist, Gordon Getty's compositions include orchestral, chamber, and piano pieces, but most prolifically, vocal works: four operas, a dramatic cantata, and numerous choral pieces and songs. Less well known is the fact that he has also written or adapted...

How can the early music movement move into the future? Could this be a transformative moment for change and growth? In this collection of essays, a diverse group of young and established voices from across the globe offers exciting, positive, and challenging thoughts about...

Conducting Opera discusses operas in the standard repertory from the perspective of a conductor with a lifetime of experience performing them. It focuses on Joseph Rescigno's approach to preparing and performing these masterworks in order to realize what opera can uniquely achieve: a fusion...

Friedrich Nietzsche regarded himself as the most musical philosopher--he played the piano, wrote his own compositions and espoused a philosophy encouraging all to dance for joy. Central to his life and his ideas were the music and personality of Richard Wagner, whom he both...

Once thought to be a provincial composer of only passing interest to eccentrics, Leos Janácek (1854-1928) is now widely acknowledged as one of the most powerful and original creative figures of his time. Banned for all purposes from the Prague stage until the age...

Volume Three covers roughly a quarter of a century, a period which saw grand opera on the Parisian model established throughout Italy, the reform of the Conservatories, and the spread of cosmopolitan influences to an extent that convinced many that Italian music was losing...

Volume Two covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossini period. During this time, Verdi, having exhausted the vein of simple lyricism to be found in Il Trovatore and La Traviata, achieved self-renewal in direct confrontation with the masters of the Paris...

Author: Lewis C. StrangISBN-10: 1608883418ISBN-13: 9781608883417Publisher: Collapsar ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2024Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.09lbsSize: 6.00h x 4.00w x 0.12d

Vox Eurydice: The Ascent of the Female Rescuer in German-Language Opera is a mythological and depth psychological analysis written from a feminist perspective, on the emergence of the theme of rescue stories, and specifically plots where a female heroine saves a male character, which...

Music, the Market, and the Marvellous examines f?erie, the French fairy play, in the last third of the nineteenth century. It is among the first book-length studies on the genre, the first in a language other than French, and the first from a musicological...

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century is the first definitive study of the use of digital scenography in Western opera production. Author: Caitlin VincentISBN-10: 0367553937ISBN-13: 9780367553937Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2023Pages: 198Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d

Strauss Salome: A Guide To The Opera (1907) by Lawrence Gilman is a comprehensive guide to the famous opera Salome composed by Richard Strauss. The book provides a detailed analysis of the opera's plot, characters, and music. It also includes historical and cultural context,...

La Traviata is one of Verdi's most famous operas, centering on the doomed love between the courtesan Violetta Val?ry and the nobleman Alfredo Germont. Set in 19th-century Paris, the opera explores themes of love, sacrifice, and societal pressures, with a haunting score that captures...

The representation of non-Western cultures in opera has long been a focus of critical inquiry. Within this field, the diverse relationships between opera and First Nations and Indigenous cultures, however, have received far less attention. Opera Indigene takes this subject as its focus, addressing...

In a lively exploration of Jacques Offenbach's final masterpiece, Heather Hadlock shows how Les Contes d'Hoffmann summed up not only the composer's career but also a century of Romantic culture. A strange fusion of irony and profundity, frivolity and nightmare, the opera unfolds as...

Fidelio is Beethoven's only complete opera and one of the most admired, and problematic, in the repertoire. This Opera Handbook explores the fascinating musical and dramatic elements within the work as well as the debt to the traditions of French opera in the late...

Opera, a History of the Impossible Genre offers an accessible and chronological survey of opera.Beginning in the 16th century, each chapter hones its focus on a representative opera and composer, and provides discussion on historical and political context. With further reading lists, key term...

Feminist analysis of some of the most performed works in the American-opera canon, emphasizing the voices and perspectives of the sopranos who brought these operas to life. In the 1950s, composers and librettists in the United States were busy seeking to create an opera...

"Looking at opera from the standpoint of its texts, as only a gifted poet and librettist can do, Dana Gioia examines why a surprisingly small number of operas have attained a secure place in the repertory. His insight into the workings of this uniquely...

Through a combination of musical-textual analysis with critical theory and with four interconnected studies of the characters of Walther, Sachs, Beckmesser, and Eva, this book interrogates the ideological underpinnings of Die Meistersinger's narrative.Author: Christopher KimbellISBN-10: 1032390328ISBN-13: 9781032390321Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/02/2024Pages: 184Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.21h...

The German actress Minna Planer (1809-66) was Wagner's first wife. Though it lasted until her death, their marriage, never an easy one, was punctuated by long periods of separation, and during its early years Minna was the main breadwinner. William Ashton Ellis (1852-1919) abandoned...

William Ashton Ellis (1852-1919) abandoned his medical career in order to devote himself to his Wagner studies. Best known for his translations of Wagner's prose works and of Carl Friedrich Glasenapp's multi-volume biography of the composer, Ellis published in 1911 this English translation of...

Author: Anthony ArblasterISBN-10: 0860916189ISBN-13: 9780860916185Publisher: VersoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/1997Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.81h x 5.75w x 1.05d

Investigates cinematic qualities in opera and reveals why Benjamin Britten's operas lend themselves to TV and film interpretations. Benjamin Britten's 1954 opera The Turn of the Screw, based on Henry James's ghost story, has been described by many critics and commentators as cinematic. Along...

Explores the intersection of the world of opera, literature and partisan politics to show how Italian opera was put to use in the 'culture wars' of the day. This last of a trilogy of books on opera and politics in Britain examines the cultural...

In twelve essays, Contemporary Opera in Flux discusses a series of shifts that, taken together, have radically redefined the production and reception of opera. Focusing on productions involving late twentieth- and twenty-first century scores and libretti, the contributors draw on conversations with members of...

In twelve essays, Contemporary Opera in Flux discusses a series of shifts that, taken together, have radically redefined the production and reception of opera. Focusing on productions involving late twentieth- and twenty-first century scores and libretti, the contributors draw on conversations with members of...

This comprehensive history of opera covers its development from its origins in the baroque period to the 20th century, with detailed examinations of individual composers, schools, and stylistic trends. With music criticism, cultural commentary, and historical context, this book is a must-read for opera...

A Book of Operas is a classic music history text that contains these units and introduction: Il barbiere de Siviglia -- Le nozze di Figaro -- Die Zauberflöte -- Don Giovanni -- Fidelio -- Faust -- Mefistofele -- La damnation de Faust -- La...

This music-analytical guide to John Adams's opera, Nixon in China presents detailed, in-depth analysis of the music tied to historical and political contexts. The opera captures an important moment in history and in international relations, and a close study of it from an interdisciplinary...

Connects discussions of vocality and operatic culture with broader aesthetic and cultural shifts in society. In the decades that span the turn of the twentieth century, the Italian tradition of operatic singing became 'modern'. This book identifies and explores the formative elements of this...

A revelatory new account of Black innovation in American opera, showing how composers, performers, and critics redefined the genre both aesthetically and politically in the early twentieth century. The inauguration of a "golden age" in Black opera is often dated to 1955, when Marian...

Bobby and Carolyn: A Memoir of My Two Mothers focuses on the author's mother and the "glamorous soprano" who came between his parents when he was eight years old. They both fell in love with her, but Carolyn Long and his mother, whose nickname...

Bobby and Carolyn: A Memoir of My Two Mothers focuses on the author's mother and the "glamorous soprano" who came between his parents when he was eight years old. They both fell in love with her, but Carolyn Long and his mother, whose nickname...

Richard Wagner wanted to create miracles with his operas, in much the same way as medieval dramatists wanted to produce miracles on stage in the hopes of dazzling and converting an audience of pagans. The connections between Wagner and the dramatists of the Middle...