Grand Opera

Author : Jens Hesselager
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781315466439

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Grand Opera Outside Paris by Jens Hesselager Pdf

Nineteenth-century French grand opera was a musical and cultural phenomenon with an important and widespread transnational presence in Europe. Primary attention in the major studies of the genre has so far been on the Parisian context for which the majority of the works were originally written. In contrast, this volume takes account of a larger geographical and historical context, bringing the Europe-wide impact of the genre into focus. The book presents case studies including analyses of grand opera in small-town Germany and Switzerland; grand operas adapted for Scandinavian capitals, a cockney audience in London, and a court audience in Weimar; and Portuguese and Russian grand operas after the French model. Its overarching aim is to reveal how grand operas were used – performed, transformed, enjoyed and criticised, emulated and parodied – and how they became part of musical, cultural and political life in various European settings. The picture that emerges is complex and diversified, yet it also testifies to the interrelated processes of cultural and political change as bourgeois audiences, at varying paces and with local variations, increased their influence, and as discourses on language, nation and nationalism influenced public debates in powerful ways.

Author : Sarah Hibberd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521885621

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French Grand Opera and the Historical Imagination by Sarah Hibberd Pdf

Closely examining five French operas, this book reveals how and why grand opera sought to bring the past alive.

Author : David Charlton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521646839

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The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera by David Charlton Pdf

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Author : Anthony Amato
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781450299176

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The Smallest Grand Opera in the World by Anthony Amato Pdf

The Amato Opera Company has delighted music lovers throughout the years, establishing an extraordinary artistic tradition in New York City. -- Bill Clinton The Amato Opera theatre is a truly extraordinary New York cultural institution and it is a priceless addition to our great Citys music industry. -- Rudolph W. Giuliani Author Anthony (Tony) Amato produced full-staged grand opera in New York City for 61 years. Now Tony tells his storyfrom his earliest childhood in Minori, Italy; immigration to the U.S.; his early career in restaurant kitchens and as a butcher; and the courtship of his beloved wife Sally when they were both young, working singers. The book goes on to describe how Tony and Sally created The Smallest Grand Opera in the World, gaining international critical acclaim in the process. The Smallest Grand Opera in the World is a story of the extraordinary will and effort of two people in an uncommon marriage and partnership. It is a joyous story in which Tony willingly shares the secrets of why The Amato Opera was a success. It is a how-to book for the aspiring theatre professional as well as an inspiration for all who have ever dreamed of being a part of the miraculous world of opera.

Author : Charles Affron,Mirella Jona Affron
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520958975

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Grand Opera by Charles Affron,Mirella Jona Affron Pdf

The Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of this famed New York institution, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron tell how the Met became and remains a powerful actor on the global cultural scene. In this first new history of the company in thirty years, each of the chronologically sequenced chapters surveys a composer or a slice of the repertoire and brings to life dominant personalities and memorable performances of the time. From the opening night Faust to the recent controversial production of Wagner’s "Ring," Grand Opera is a remarkable account of management and audience response to the push and pull of tradition and reinvention. Spanning the decades between the Gilded Age and the age of new media, this story of the Met concludes by tipping its hat to the hugely successful "Live in HD" simulcasts and other twenty-first-century innovations. Grand Opera’s appeal extends far beyond the large circle of opera enthusiasts. Drawing on unpublished documents from the Metropolitan Opera Archives, reviews, recordings, and much more, this richly detailed book looks at the Met in the broad context of national and international issues and events.

Author : Fred Plotkin
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781401306007

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Opera 101 by Fred Plotkin Pdf

Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you. Opera 101 is recognized as the standard text in English for anyone who wants to become an opera lover--a clear, friendly, and truly complete handbook to learning how to listen to opera, whether on the radio, on recordings, or live at the opera house. Fred Plotkin, an internationally respected writer and teacher about opera who for many years was performance manager of the Metropolitan Opera, introduces the reader (whatever his or her level of musical knowledge) to all the elements that make up opera, including: A brief, entertaining history of opera; An explanation of key operatic concepts, from vocal types to musical conventions; Hints on the best way to approach the first opera you attend and how to best understand what is happening both offstage and on; Lists of recommended books and recordings, and the most complete traveler's guide to opera houses around the world. The major part of Opera 101 is devoted to an almost minute-by-minute analysis of eleven key operas, ranging from Verdi's thunderous masterpiece Rigoletto and Puccini's electrifying Tosca through works by Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, to the psychological complexities of Richard Strauss's Elektra. Once you have completed Opera 101, you will be prepared to see and hear any opera you encounter, thanks to this book's unprecedentedly detailed and enjoyable method of revealing the riches of opera.

Author : Robert K. Wallace
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574415070

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Heggie and Scheer's Moby-Dick by Robert K. Wallace Pdf

"Book describes the world premiere of the American opera based on Melville's novel Moby-Dick, with the same name. Wallace describes the creative process of writing the music and libretto, the rehearsals and stage design, and the opening night in Dallas in May 2010."--ECIP Data View, Summary.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 954 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UTEXAS:059171105208117

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The Illustrated American by Anonim Pdf

Author : Phil G. Goulding
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780449005668

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Ticket to the Opera by Phil G. Goulding Pdf

In Ticket to the Opera, Phil G. Goulding finally makes the magic and mystique of opera accessible to all. Here he offers a complete operatic education, including history, definitions of key musical terms, opera lore and gossip, portraits of famous singers and the roles they immortalized, as well as pithy introductions to the greatest operas of Europe and America and their composers. The book's centerpiece is what Goulding terms "the collection"--85 classics, among them Aida, The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, and Madama Butterfly, that have been packing the world's opera houses for years. This entertaining, meticulously researched book also includes a fascinating chapter on American opera from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess to Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach and a discussion of the gems of twentieth-century opera featuring works like Leos Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen, Alban Berg's Lulu, and Serge Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges. Whether you're a curious neophyte, a music lover interested in branching out, or an aficionado eager to compare notes with a brilliant fellow opera buff, you'll prize Ticket to the Opera as an essential volume in your music library.

Author : David R. B. Kimbell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1981-04-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521230527

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Verdi in the Age of Italian Romanticism by David R. B. Kimbell Pdf

Professor Kimbell's classic study illuminates the first fifteen years of Verdi's composing career, the era that culminated in his trio of masterpieces, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata. Verdi had become an acknowledged master of the peculiar brand of Romanticism that flourished in Italy in the 1830s and 40s; this background is examined in its political, social and literary light, and his consequent transformation of Italian operatic conventions is analysed. The four parts of Professor Kimbell's book range over biographical, documentary, literary and close-analytical ground. Attention is given to individual operas in order to show how Verdi assimilated and developed the Romantic tradition in his work.

Author : John Warrack,Ewan West
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996-03-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780192800282

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera by John Warrack,Ewan West Pdf

Derived from the full Oxford Dictionary of Opera, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of opera available in paperback. Fully revised for this new edition, with over 3,500 entries, it is designed to be accessible to all those who enjoy opera, whether at the opera-house oron record. * Composers and their works * Singers and their notable performances * Plot summaries and separate entries for well-known roles, arias, and choruses * Leading conductors, producers, and designers * Opera companies and festivals

Author : Katherine K. Preston
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199371655

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Opera for the People by Katherine K. Preston Pdf

Opera for the People is an in-depth examination of a forgotten chapter in American social and cultural history: the love affair that middle-class Americans had with continental opera (translated into English) in the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s. Author Katherine Preston reveals how-contrary to the existing historiography on the American musical culture of this period-English-language opera not only flourished in the United States during this time, but found its success significantly bolstered by the support of women impresarios, prima-donnas, managers, and philanthropists who provided financial backing to opera companies. This rich and compelling study details the lives and professional activities of several important players in American postbellum opera, including manager Effie Ober, philanthropist Jeannette Thurber, and performers/artistic directors Caroline Richings, Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa, Clara Louise Kellogg, and "the people's prima donna" Emma Abbott. Drawing from an impressive range of primary sources, including contemporaneous music and theater periodicals, playbills, memoirs, librettos, scores, and reviews and commentary on the performances in digitized newspapers, Preston tells the story of how these and other women influenced the activities of some of the more than one hundred opera companies touring the United States during the second half of the 19th century, performing opera in English for a diverse range of audiences. Countering a pervasive and misguided historical understanding of opera reception in the United States-unduly influenced by modern attitudes about the genre as elite, exclusive, expensive, and of interest only to a niche market-Opera for the People demonstrates the important (and hitherto unsuspected) place of opera in the rich cornucopia of late-century American musical theatre, which would eventually lead to the emergence of American musical comedy.

Author : Leslie Dunton-Downer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780756643904

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Eyewitness Companions: Opera by Leslie Dunton-Downer Pdf

Spanning 400 years of musical drama, Eyewitness Companions: Opera is your guide to the musical world. Explore operas and composers from the late Renaissance on, including such classical masters as Verdi, Puccini, and Bizet. Eyewitness Companions: Opera is the complete visual guidebook to the great operas, their composers and performance history. Eyewitness Companions: Opera includes more than 160 operas by 66 composers around the world. This richly illustrated eBook includes act-by-act plot synopses and storyline highlights, plus detailed profiles cover composers, Librettists, singers, and more.

Author : Robynn Stilwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351572439

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Changing Tunes: The Use of Pre-existing Music in Film by Robynn Stilwell Pdf

The study of pre-existing film music is now a well-established part of Film Studies, covering 'classical' music and popular music. Generally, these broad musical types are studied in isolation. This anthology brings them together in twelve focused case studies by a range of scholars, including Claudia Gorbman, Jeongwon Joe, Raymond Knapp, and Timothy Warner. The first section explores art music, both instrumental and operatic; it revolves around the debate on the relation between the aural and visual tracks, and whether pre-existing music has an integrative function or not. The second section is devoted to popular music in film, and shows how very similar the functions of popular music in film are to the supposedly more 'elite' classical music and opera. Case studies in part 1: Eyes Wide Shut, Raging Bull, Brief Encounter, Detective, The Godfather Part III, three versions of the Carmen story (DeMille's, Preminger's and Rosi's), Amadeus, The Birth of a Nation, M: Eine Stadt sucht einen MA rder, Needful Things, Rat Race. Case studies in part 2: various films by AlmodA^3var, Young Frankenstein, Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Amelie, High Fidelity, Ghost World, Heavenly Creatures, The Virgin Suicides, and the video Timber by Coldcut.

Author : Millie Ryan
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066238384

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What Every Singer Should Know by Millie Ryan Pdf

This book is a practical guide for beginners and those considering the study of voice culture. The book covers essential questions such as the benefits of voice cultivation, the age to begin, chorus singing, stage fright, selecting a teacher, and practical exercises to improve singing.