Opera 12

This compendium of short guides to all twelve Puccini's operas is part of the author's series A Short Guide to a Great Opera. Puccini's highly-charged music provides an unforgettable experience for ……続きを見る

Maria Callas was the most glamorous, idolized and criticized operatic figure of our time. Loved or hated, no singer inspired so much discussion, nor exercised as much power at the box office as the ……続きを見る

From football hooligan to opera singer, from the Cockney Reds to Catullus, from a hectic household to tranquility of spirit, Mark Glanville has travelled many paths, been many people – this is his r……続きを見る

The Bab Ballads by the English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator, W. S. Gilbert.This book is a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert,illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert w……続きを見る

The first appearance of Alice Goodman's two internationally-renowned and controversial libretti, alongside one of her masterful translations. An NYRB Classics Original Nixon in China and The Death o……続きを見る

De 1722 à 1764, année de sa mort, Rameau ne cessa jamais d’avoir une activité théorique, jalonnée par de nombreux écrits (traités, mémoires, lettres ouvertes, notamment dans la polémique qui l’oppos……続きを見る

The perfect introduction to the Master. Over a century after his death, Richard Wagner’s music dramas stand at the centre of the culture of classical music. He was a walking contradiction: aggressiv……続きを見る

"Ich weiß nicht mehr, was zuerst da war in meinem Leben: der Gedanke an Wagner oder der ans Dirigieren." Christian Thielemann kennt Richard Wagner wie kaum ein anderer. In diesem vielgepriesenen Buc……続きを見る

György Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre (1974–77, revised 1996) has consolidated its position as one of the major operatic works of the twentieth century. Few operas composed since the 1970s have received ……続きを見る

Le Crépuscule des dieux est un opéra du compositeur allemand de la période romantique Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières……続きを見る

Quand la disparition d'une célèbre chanteuse lyrique amène à se poser des questions fondamentales... « La voix d’Abigaille restait comme une empreinte indélébile dans le coeur des spectateurs qui re……続きを見る

Masque and Opera in England, 1656–1688 presents a comprehensive study of the development of court masque and through-composed opera in England from the mid-1650s to the Revolution of 1688–89. In see……続きを見る

Did you ever leave an opera performance wondering why the singers use so much vibrato? Or a symphony, wondering who decided where on stage the orchestra members should sit, or why they tune their in……続きを見る

Nicht wenige Opern Giacomo Puccinis (1858–1924) finden sich auf den Spielplänen der großen Opernhäuser unserer Tage – es sind Meisterwerke wie Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly oder ……続きを見る

Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, Porgy and Bess has been both embraced and reviled since its debut in 1935. In this comprehensive account, E……続きを見る

Extrait : "Il y a quelque trente ans un curieux de choses du théâtre, de Manne, mettait à exécution une idée assez ingénieuse et publiait sous ce titre : La Troupe de Voltaire, un livre dans lequel ……続きを見る

Extrait : "Ainsi les poètes chantent les artistes. Ainsi Lamartine chantait la Malibran au moment où celle-ci, succombant dans son printemps aux suites d'un accident dramatique dont la nouvelle avai……続きを見る

In Technology and the Diva, Karen Henson brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore the neglected subject of opera and technology. Their essays focus on the operatic soprano a……続きを見る

Extrait : "'CHŒUR PROCESSIONNEL. O Jupiter, si tu te plais aux jeux, / Aux jeux sacrés que célèbre Olympie, / Ne permets pas le triomphe à l'impie, / Ne permets pas la honte aux courageux !' Entre l……続きを見る

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious abil……続きを見る

Everyone is familiar with the words diva or prima donna, which have come to mean a (usually) outrageous operatic soprano, but there was a time when the star of the show was more often a contralto, o……続きを見る

This edition does not include photographs. The biography of Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the most well-known and well-loved personalities in music, revealing for the first time the dramatic story of her o……続きを見る

“The Little Sweep” is a three-scene opera aimed at children written by the English composer Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Eric Crozier. It is the second part of “Let's Make an Opera!”, the fi……続きを見る

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is the only comedy among Richard Wagner’s mature works. Unusually for Wagner, it is set in a historically specific time and place, sixteenthcentury Nuremberg, and tell……続きを見る

La traviata was Giuseppe Verdi’s eighteenth opera and shows him at the height of his middle-period powers. Adapted from La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, it portrays the love between the……続きを見る

Carmen is one of the most enduringly popular of all operas and the most successful of Georges Bizet’s works. Following its premiere at the Opéra- Comique in Paris in 1875, it went on to be performed……続きを見る

Dans les années 1820, Carmen jeune et jolie gitane employée à la manufacture de cigares de Séville, jette au brigadier des Dragons nommé Don José, une fleur qu’elle a mordu… « Si je t’aime, prends g……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Extrait : Scène PREMIÈRE MORALÈS, MICAËLA, SOLDATS, PASSANTS. Au lever du rideau, une quinzaine de soldats (Dragons d……続きを見る

The Shubert name has been synonymous with Broadway for almost as long as Broadway entertainment itself. With seventeen Broadway theatres including the Ambassador, the Music Box, and the Winter Garde……続きを見る

Ein klassisches Werk der Opern-Rezeption von Gluck bis Strawinski. Bekker schreibt vom Standpunkt der menschlichen Stimme und ihrer vielfältigen Verwendung in der Oper. GLUCK, MOZART, "FIDELIO", DEU……続きを見る