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"The Veils of the Seven Skies" was born from a personal need to reconstruct the experience of Tragedy –not as narrative, but as passage. In a time where theatre often becomes commentary or spectacle……続きを見る

Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is the world's most frequently performed operatic composer, yet he is only beginning to receive serious scholarly attention. In Giacomo Puccini and His World, an internat……続きを見る

From the 'old world' to the 'new' and back again, this transnational history of the performance and reception of Bizet's Carmen – whose subject has become a modern myth and its heroine a symbol – pr……続きを見る

In "Famous Prima Donnas," Lewis Clinton Strang offers an intriguing exploration of the lives and careers of the most celebrated female opera singers of his time. Through a richly descriptive narrati……続きを見る

In "History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the Present Time," H. Sutherland Edwards meticulously catalogs the evolution of opera from its nascent stages in the Italian Renaissance to its c……続きを見る

The Operatic Archive: American Opera as History extends the growing interdisciplinary conversation in opera studies by drawing on new research in performance studies and the philosophy of history. M……続きを見る

In "Aspects of Modern Opera: Estimates and Inquiries," Lawrence Gilman meticulously explores the evolution of opera in the modern era, integrating rigorous analysis with personal reflections on nota……続きを見る

In "Chapters of Opera," Henry Edward Krehbiel intricately weaves a historical and analytical exploration of opera, delving into its evolution and cultural significance. With a keen literary style th……続きを見る

In "Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde,'" George Ainslie Hight meticulously explores the profound intricacies of Richard Wagner's groundbreaking opera. Hight's analysis is both scholarly and lyrical, weav……続きを見る

Opera Coaching: Professional Techniques for the Répétiteur, Second Edition, is an update to the first practical guide for opera coaches when working with opera singers to help them meet the physical……続きを見る

Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s most celebrated collaboration, the landmark opera Einstein on the Beach, had its premiere at the Avignon Festival in 1976. During its initial European tour, Metropol……続きを見る

The Original Portrayal of Mozart’s Don Giovanni offers an original reading of Mozart’s and Da Ponte’s opera Don Giovanni, using as a lens the portrayal of the title role by its creator, the baritone……続きを見る

“A treasure trove for any fan of the four-stringed (and occasionally more) instrument.” ー Billboard "It's not surprising that sooner or later I'd dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the world……続きを見る

Revolving around the opera, these tales are an “archaeological excavation of the slag-heaps of our collective existence” (W. G. Sebald) Combining fact and fiction, each of the one hundred and two ta……続きを見る

Le nozze di Figaro is one of Mozart’s best-loved and most enduring works. The first of the three operas he wrote with Lorenzo da Ponte and based on Beaumarchais’s play, it established the thirty-yea……続きを見る

La vita di Giuseppina Strepponi lungo i suoi 82 anni di vita ricostruita, tramite un'approfondita e appassionata ricerca storiografica condotta dalla conterranea Maria Moretti, anch'essa lodigiana. ……続きを見る

The articles were put together in a book, and this proved to be an attempt full of surprises and emotions. Because their being published in a chronological order made this blog a kind of diary. As I……続きを見る

Why a vernacularization? While a giant of composition, as a librettist, Wagner stunk. The wordiest of wordy birdies, he might use a paragraph to say yes or half a page to say maybe. Then he grossly ……続きを見る

A premier singer and master teacher here tells other singers how to get the most from 151 famous arias selected for their popularity or their greatness from 66 operas, ranging in time and style from……続きを見る

A vivid grasp of the story and the characters in "The Ring of Niebelung" brings Richard Wagner's mythic four-opera cycle to life. The Ring Cycle has a hold on our imagination like no other operatic ……続きを見る

Passionate, witty, and brilliant, Opera as Drama has been lauded as one of the most controversial, thought-provoking, and entertaining works of operatic criticism ever written. First published in 19……続きを見る

This book contains 250 anecdotes about opera, including these anecdotes: 1) When Pierre Monteux started working at the Metropolitan Opera, he decided to buy a shiny Ford touring-car. He paid $300 fo……続きを見る

This comes in three parts: A short bio of the unusual facts about Richard Wagner, then a precise and libretto in American for Die Feen, Wagner's first opera and a total flop. Its libretto is include……続きを見る

This file includes: Apollo et Hyacinthus (in Latin); Ascanio in Alba (in Italian); Bastien und Bastienne (in German); Cosi fan tutte (in Italian); Die Entführung aus dem Serail (in German); Die Gärt……続きを見る

Dies ist das Libretto zur Oper Ariadne auf Naxos. Genießen Sie zum Klang Ihrer Lieblingsoper die Original-Texte auf Ihrem Bildschirm. Einzelne Akte und, falls mehrsprachig, Sprachen lassen sich über……続きを見る

Si spengono le luci e si apre il sipario. Si va in scena: maschere, costumi, scenografie, attori, vite riempiono il palcoscenico. Dietro all'esibizione c'è la mano dell'artista, che come un demiurgo……続きを見る

The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain examines the involvement of Italian opera in British partisan politics in the first half of the eighteenth century, which saw Sir Robert Walpole's rise to p……続きを見る

Categorie, personaggi, figure, luoghi comuni e non comuni di quello spettacolo musicale che chiamiamo «opera» si radunano qui come voci di un repertorio che fa di tutto per non essere quello che sem……続きを見る

In Sensing Sound Nina Sun Eidsheim offers a vibrational theory of music that radically re-envisions how we think about sound, music, and listening. Eidsheim shows how sound, music, and listening are……続きを見る

First Published in 1994. This is volume 3 of a 16-volume series providing comprehensive set of works from a full century of musical theatre in the United States of America. The work in this volume r……続きを見る