An Invitation To The Opera Revised Edition

Author : John Louis DiGaetani
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786495191

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An Invitation to the Opera, Revised Edition by John Louis DiGaetani Pdf

In its revised third edition, this volume argues that an appreciation of opera is based on understanding of several key aspects: history, language, theatrical production, the power of the conductor, vocal tradition and standard repertory. This unique approach is intended for the newcomer curious about the art form. The author discusses how opera has changed in the last three decades and how it is now more easily enjoyed than ever before. Originally published in 1986, this book has been translated into four languages and has been used as an "Introduction to Opera" text in college classrooms around the world.

Author : John Louis DiGaetani
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476619545

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An Invitation to the Opera, Revised Edition by John Louis DiGaetani Pdf

In its revised third edition, this volume argues that an appreciation of opera is based on understanding of several key aspects: history, language, theatrical production, the power of the conductor, vocal tradition and standard repertory. This unique approach is intended for the newcomer curious about the art form. The author discusses how opera has changed in the last three decades and how it is now more easily enjoyed than ever before. Originally published in 1986, this book has been translated into four languages and has been used as an "Introduction to Opera" text in college classrooms around the world.

Author : John Louis DiGaetani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783715706

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An Invitation to the Opera by John Louis DiGaetani Pdf

Author : Caitlin Vincent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000440737

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Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century by Caitlin Vincent Pdf

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century is the first definitive study of the use of digital scenography in Western opera production. The book begins by exploring digital scenography’s dramaturgical possibilities and establishes a critical framework for identifying and comparing the use of digital scenography across different digitally enhanced opera productions. The book then investigates the impacts and potential disruptions of digital scenography on opera’s longstanding production conventions, both on and off the stage. Drawing on interviews with major industry practitioners, including Paul Barritt, Mark Grimmer, Donald Holder, Elaine J. McCarthy, Luke Halls, Wendall K. Harrington, Finn Ross, S. Katy Tucker, and Victoria ‘Vita’ Tzykun, author Caitlin Vincent identifies key correlations between the use of digital scenography in practice and subsequent impacts on creative hierarchies, production design processes, and organisational management. The book features detailed case studies of digitally enhanced productions premiered by Dutch National Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, Opéra de Lyon, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, The Metropolitan Opera, Victorian Opera, and Washington National Opera.

Author : John Louis DiGaetani
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476662633

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The Definitive Diva by John Louis DiGaetani Pdf

Maria Callas was, perhaps, the greatest opera singer of the 20th century. Hers was a life lived on the world stage, and her fame extended to the public consciousness of many parts of the world. Even after her mysterious death in 1977, her singing and acting continue to thrill new generations of opera fans thanks to her many recordings and her fascinating life. This new biography of Callas tells her story from difficult beginnings as the daughter of Greek immigrants to New York City in 1923 to her wonderful performances at La Scala, Covent Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera. Callas was quite a diva and a master at creating a captivating public image. She also became notorious because of her very public affair with Aristotle Onassis, the wealthy ship-owner who left Callas to marry Jacqueline Kennedy.

Author : Donald J. Grout,Hermine Weigel Williams
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 1047 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780231507721

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A Short History of Opera by Donald J. Grout,Hermine Weigel Williams Pdf

When first published in 1947, A Short History of Opera immediately achieved international status as a classic in the field. Now, more than five decades later, this thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition informs and entertains opera lovers just as its predecessors have. The fourth edition incorporates new scholarship that traces the most important developments in the evolution of musical drama. After surveying anticipations of the operatic form in the lyric theater of the Greeks, medieval dramatic music, and other forerunners, the book reveals the genre's beginnings in the seventeenth century and follows its progress to the present day. A Short History of Opera examines not only the standard performance repertoire, but also works considered important for the genre's development. Its expanded scope investigates opera from Eastern European countries and Finland. The section on twentieth-century opera has been reorganized around national operatic traditions including a chapter devoted solely to opera in the United States, which incorporates material on the American musical and ties between classical opera and popular musical theater. A separate section on Chinese opera is also included. With an extensive multilanguage bibliography, more than one hundred musical examples, and stage illustrations, this authoritative one-volume survey will be invaluable to students and serious opera buffs. New fans will also find it highly accessible and informative. Extremely thorough in its coverage, A Short History of Opera is now more than ever the book to turn to for anyone who wants to know about the history of this art form.

Author : John Murray (Firm)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026171304

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Handbook to London as it Is. New Edition Revised of the Work Originally Written by Peter Cunningham by John Murray (Firm) Pdf

Author : Franklin Mesa
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476605371

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Opera by Franklin Mesa Pdf

This encyclopedia includes entries for 1,153 world premiere (and other significant) performances of operas in Europe, the United States, Latin America and Russia. Entries offer details about key persons, arias, interesting facts, and date and location of each premiere. There is a biographical dictionary with 1,288 entries on historical and modern operatic singers, composers, librettists, and conductors. Fully indexed and with a bibliography.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Music
ISBN : HARVARD:32044043850072

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The Musical World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jack Allan Westrup,Frank Llewellyn Harrison
Publisher : London : Collins
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015023765624

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Collins Music Encyclopedia by Jack Allan Westrup,Frank Llewellyn Harrison Pdf

Author : Thompson Cooper
Publisher : London : G. Bell
Page : 1230 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Biography
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088048392

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A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Concise Notices of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Countries: and More Particularly of ... Great Britain and Ireland by Thompson Cooper Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1388 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005533109

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International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hector Berlioz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Instrumental music
ISBN : UCSC:32106020088420

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New Edition of the Complete Works by Hector Berlioz Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1634 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951002799265L

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Truth by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Dramatic music
ISBN : OSU:32435082338286

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Opera by George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood Pdf