Opera 42

Die wissenschaftliche Musikpädagogik ist auf vielfältige Weise mit benachbarten Disziplinen vernetzt. Hinter dem Titel Rollenspiele verbergen sich 28 Grenzgänge in den Bereichen Musik und Bühne, Mus……続きを見る

A wonder of the 20th century, composer Dmitri Shostakovich, tells his story to Solomon Volkov for history's record Since the time of his death, Dmitri Shostakovich’s place in the pantheon of 20th ce……続きを見る

In 1935, the Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad made her United States debut in a live radio broadcast that went across the country and made her an overnight success. Flagstad went on to enjoy an as……続きを見る

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth, this first critical biography of Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952) offers fascinating new insights into the life and work of an important opera composer, s……続きを見る

This book investigates the use of extended reality (XR) technologies to innovate the opera experience. Through the creation and comparison of three versions of the original opera Artemis, the resear……続きを見る

Opéra de salon emerged in the early 1850s out of a much longer tradition of théâtre de société: the cultivation of performing plays in aristocratic town houses and châteaux which continued into the ……続きを見る

Noh-influenced libretto by renowned Canadian poet Daphne Marlatt The Noh-influenced libretto of Shadow Catch recounts the dreams – or are they dreams? – of the Runaway, a teenage boy who ends up one……続きを見る

In Britain today, opera is routinely called elitist. But things were not always so. Examining shifting cultural attitudes over the century from 1920 to 2020, Someone Else's Music reveals a hidden hi……続きを見る

Music and the Performing Arts in the Anthropocene offers a series of thought-provoking chapters about music and the performing arts viewed from current Anthropocene-aware perspectives. From the use ……続きを見る

« L’art a des clartés que la raison n’a pas… La symphonie tout entière avec ses moyens d’action, ses idées, son langage, émane du génie de l’homme, et entre les diverses formes de l’art, il n’en est……続きを見る

Growing up in the heart of London's immigrant Italian community, Michael Volpe always felt disconnected from the UK, the country of his birth. He felt different to his friends, had alternative cultu……続きを見る

Sir Walter Scott's story of a Scottish girl forced by her family into an arranged marriage still resonates today, two centuries after it was published. Donizetti's opera, which premièred in Naples i……続きを見る

A couple of smooth army officers in metropolitan Naples become increasingly horrified as they find that they are losing their bet with a misogynist philosopher. The wager? That their fiancées will b……続きを見る

Verdi's now-popular opera was a fiasco in Venice in 1853, attributable perhaps to the prima donna being noticeably obese, despite apparently wasting with tuberculosis. Soon, however, Verdi's scandal……続きを見る

Shostakovich's lurid opera of sex, violence, and murder, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, is famous for being banned by personal decree of Joseph Stalin in 1936. Dramatically revived by Shostakovich's close……続きを見る

Isabel Díaz-Morlán reads the characters of Così fan tutte, an opera by Mozart and Da Ponte, through the lens of René Girard’s theory of unconscious mimetic desire. The opera features couples who res……続きを見る

1766 begründeten einige Mitglieder der Grande Societé de Berne die erste Aktiengesellschaft der Schweiz mit dem Ziel, ein Theater- und Konzerthaus zu errichten – dem bestehenden Theaterverbot zum Tr……続きを見る

A Great Tool for Educators and Individuals! Singer Actor Fusion is an essential guide for those who want to master the art of acting while singing. This resource will give you the edge to succeed in……続きを見る

Opera is food for the soul. At its best, opera can hold up a mirror to society. Opera invites us to approach rational thinking from a different perspective. It puts the notions of body, mind and sou……続きを見る

Le arti della scena. Lo spettacolo in Occidente ー Vol. II: Il teatro dei principi e il teatro del pubblico segue la trasformazione della scena europea dal sistema cortigiano al circuito dei teatri ……続きを見る

A user's guide to operaーMatthew Aucoin, "the most promising operatic talent in a generation" ( The New York Times Magazine), describes the creation of his groundbreaking new work, Eurydice, and sha……続きを見る

Fifteen years since the publication of its first volume, this invaluable guide to some of the most challenging aria excerpts continues with Volume II. Featuring an entirely new selection of arias, G……続きを見る

Latin America and the Transports of Opera studies a series of episodes in the historical and textual convergence of a hallowed art form and a part of the world often regarded as peripheral. Perhaps ……続きを見る

Die vier letzten Überlebenden einer erdumfassenden Katastrophe, zusammengedrängt in einem dunklen Raum; zum Teil aufeinander angewiesen, ohne sich gegenseitig ertragen zu können; als einzige zu erwa……続きを見る

Scopri il genio musicale di Pietro Mascagni come mai prima d'ora! In questo affascinante volume, Giannotto Bastianelli ci guida attraverso la vita e le opere di uno dei compositori più influenti del……続きを見る

Scopri il mondo affascinante e misterioso di "In chiave di baritono", dove la musica diventa il filo conduttore di un'avventura indimenticabile. Antonio Ghislanzoni ci trasporta in un universo in cu……続きを見る

Scopri il mistero che si cela tra le pagine di "Nabuco" di Ferdinando Fontana, un capolavoro che ti terrà con il fiato sospeso fino all'ultima riga. In un intreccio di passioni, intrighi e colpi di ……続きを見る

Scopri il mondo incantato di "Amadis of Gaul", dove l'eroismo incontra la magia! In un regno lontano, tra cavalieri valorosi e incantesimi misteriosi, si dipana la straordinaria avventura di Amadis,……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die unvergessliche Melodie einer außergewöhnlichen Freundschaft! In "Franz Schuberts Lebenslied: Ein Roman der Freundschaft" von Joseph Aug. Lux entfaltet sich eine fesselnde Erzählung……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt eines musikalischen Genies! In der "Lebensbeschreibung des k. k. Kapellmeisters Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" von Niemetschek tauchen Sie ein in das Leben und Schaffe……続きを見る