Opera 25

From Handel's renowned biographer, the story of one of the most celebrated compositions of Western classical music, Handel's famous oratorio, Messiah In the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Han……続きを見る

A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera -- and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love ……続きを見る

From the fall of 1947 through the summer of 1951 composer Igor Stravinsky and poet W. H. Auden collaborated on the opera The Rake's Progress. At the time, their self-consciously conventional work se……続きを見る

The operas of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi are among the greatest achievements of nineteenth century culture and remain at the heart of the opera repertory today. His extraordinary works took……続きを見る

Academic attention has focused on America's influence on European stage works, and yet dozens of operettas from Austria and Germany were produced on Broadway and in the West End, and their impact on……続きを見る

In Bewitching Russian Opera: The Tsarina from State to Stage, author Inna Naroditskaya investigates the musical lives of four female monarchs who ruled Russia for most of the eighteenth century: Cat……続きを見る

Scientific thinking has long been linked to music theory and instrument making, yet the profound and often surprising intersections between the sciences and opera during the long nineteenth century ……続きを見る

The epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, attributed to Homer, are among the oldest surviving works of literature derived from oral performance. Deeply embedded in these works is the notion that the……続きを見る

The Pre-history of ‘The Midsummer Marriage’ examines the early collaborative phase (1943 to 1946) in the making of Michael Tippett’s first mature opera and charts the developments that grew out of t……続きを見る

Opera After the Zero Hour: The Problem of Tradition and the Possibility of Renewal in Postwar West Germany presents opera as a site for the renegotiation of tradition in a politically fraught era of……続きを見る

Prokofiev considered himself to be primarily a composer of opera, and his return to Russia in the mid-1930s was partially motivated by the goal to renew his activity in this genre. His Soviet career……続きを見る

梁秀娟（1920-2000），自幼生長於梨園世家，其母梁花儂出身田際雲所創的崇雅社，在其栽培下，轉益多師，十幾歲便粉墨登場，一鳴驚人。數年之間奔走青島、上海、南京、西安等地，巡迴演出，風靡各地，為「秀立社」……続きを見る

On 10 December 1910, Giacomo Puccini’s seventh opera, La fanciulla del West, had its premiere before a sold-out audience at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House. The performance was the Metropol……続きを見る

Music and space in the early modern world shaped each other in profound ways, and this is particularly apparent when considering Rome, a city that defined itself as the "grande teatro del mondo". Th……続きを見る

Opera was and still is one of the oldest forms of entertainment. It’s been around longer than any other art form known to mankind, longer than radio, the internet, video games, television and even m……続きを見る

Villy Sørensens introduktions- og programartikler om Richard Wagner (1813-83) fra såvel Bayreuth som Den Jyske Opera. Bogen rummer desuden Wagners eget skrift »Kunsten og revolutionen« i Villy Søren……続きを見る

Historien om operasangerinden Tina Kibergs liv, barndom, ungdom, den lysende karriere som operasangerinde med Wagner som speciale på Det Kongelige Teater og en række store operascener verden over, -……続きを見る

Komponisten, digteren, dirigenten og polemikeren Richard Wagner (1813-83) står i 200-året for sin fødsel som en af europæisk kulturs mest kontroversielle, indflydelsesrige og tiljublede skikkelser. ……続きを見る

The complete dramatic toolbox for the opera singer – a step-by-step guide detailing how to create character, from auditions through to rehearsal and performance and formulate a successful career. Dr……続きを見る

A superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner's last opera, by one of Britain's leading intellectuals Wagner's last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal, the 'pure fool, knowing through ……続きを見る

Rond 1900 werden in heel Europa dezelfde boeken gelezen, dezelfde opera's opgevoerd en dezelfde muziekstukken gespeeld. Hoe heeft die culturele canon zich kunnen vormen? Historicus Orlando Figes laa……続きを見る

Censorship had an extraordinary impact on Alban Berg's opera Lulu, composed by the Austrian during the politically tumultuous years spanning 1929 to 1935. Based on plays by Frank Wedekind that were ……続きを見る

Felice Giardini and Professional Music Culture in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London explores Giardini’s influence on British musical life through his multifaceted career as performer, teacher, composer,……続きを見る

In this book on Richard Wagner’s compelling but enigmatic masterpiece Götterdämmerung, the final opera of his monumental Ring tetralogy, Alexander H. Shapiro advances an ambitious new interpretation……続きを見る

Informativ og underholdende bog om den store russiske komponist, om hans komplicerede, omtumlede liv, om musikken. 続きを見る

In the early eighteenth century, the benefit performance became an essential component of commercial music-making in Britain. Benefits, adapted from the spoken theatre, provided a new model from whi……続きを見る

Hunangofiant y canwr adnabyddus Rhys Meirion, sy'n datgelu hanes ei daith i frig y byd canu. 続きを見る

Partez à la rencontre de Ludwig van Beethoven avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! Si nous ignorions tout de la vie de Beethoven, mais si son œuvre entière nous était parvenue, nous la comprendrions,……続きを見る

Blending music, dance, visual arts and drama seamlessly to create one of the most interesting things that millions of audiences enjoy is what opera is all about. Its 400 year old history is rich wit……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte de l'opéra, de Pelléas à nos jours avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! Il en est de l'opéra comme de la symphonie : périodiquement, il fait l'objet d'annonces de décès, conste……続きを見る