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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

The Grand Opera Test is a fun book intended to test your knowledge of opera; its composers and music. The hundred questions are followed by the answers together with a commentary on each one. It is ……続きを見る

Step into the pulsating heart of the club scene with "A Journey Through the Club Scene," a captivating exploration of nightlife, youth, and music through the lens of Mia Hansen-Løve's masterpiece, '……続きを見る

In all theatre, the spotlight follows the leads, making it easy for the audience to overlook the role of the singers, dancers and actors who bring a production to life. Katherine Wiles is used to be……続きを見る

Since its premiere in 1868, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg has defied repeated upheavals in the cultural-political landscape of German statehood to retain its unofficial status as the Germa……続きを見る

Attila è un povero flagello di Dio, innamorato e proditoriamente trucidato dalla vergine sposa; Gilda, figlia di Rigoletto, è una Lucia Mondella che per eccesso d’innocenza si lascia incantare da Do……続きを見る

In "Salvatore" präsentiert Ernst Eckstein eine bewegende Erzählung, die das Schicksal eines Jungen im Italien des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts nachzeichnet. Der Roman ist in einem lyrischen, eindrucksvol……続きを見る

In "Das Urbild des Fidelio" entfaltet Ernst Pasqué eine tiefgehende Analyse Beethovens einzige Oper, die in einem kunstvollen stilistischen Gewebe aus Musik- und Textinterpretation verankert ist. Pa……続きを見る

In "Bayreuther Festtagebuch" dokumentiert Wilhelm Marr eindrücklich seine Erlebnisse und Eindrücke während der Bayreuther Festspiele, die als Wiege der modernen Opernaufführung gelten. Marr verbinde……続きを見る

É um livro único. Emerge do diálogo entre duas linguagens artísticas, o teatro e a ópera. Cristine Bello Guse apresenta poeticamente os desafios que o cantor-ator enfrenta na composição de seu papel……続きを見る

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and ……続きを見る

In the early 1800s, Rossini's operas permeated Italy, from the opera house to myriad arrangements heard in public and private. But after Rossini stopped composing, a sharp decline in popularity drov……続きを見る

From its origins in the 1670s through the French Revolution, serious opera in France was associated with the power of the absolute monarchy, and its ties to the crown remain at the heart of our unde……続きを見る

A history of nineteenth-century New Orleans and the people who made it a vital, if unexpected, part of an emerging operatic world. New Orleans and the Creation of Transatlantic Opera, 1819–1859 expl……続きを見る

Award-winning singer Ian Bostridge examines iconic works of Western classical music to reflect on the relationship between performer and audience. Like so many performers, renowned tenor Ian Bostrid……続きを見る

Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, and Siegfried. Parsifal. Tristan und Isolde. Both revered and reviled, Richard Wagner conceived some of the nineteenth century's most influential operasーand created some……続きを見る

"Don Giovanni" Captured considers the life of a single opera, engaging with the entire history of its recorded performance. Mozart's opera Don Giovanni has long inspired myths about eros and masculi……続きを見る

Since its origin, opera has been identified with the performance and negotiation of power. Once theaters specifically for opera were established, that connection was expressed in the design and situ……続きを見る

Artists today are at a crossroads. With funding for the arts and humanities endowments perpetually under attack, and school districts all over the United States scrapping their art curricula altoget……続きを見る

Performed throughout Europe during the 1700s, Italian heroic opera, or opera seria, was the century's most significant musical art form, profoundly engaging such figures as Handel, Haydn, and Mozart……続きを見る

Feasting and Fasting in Opera shows that the consumption of food and drink is an essential component of opera, both on and off stage. In this book, opera scholar Pierpaolo Polzonetti explores how co……続きを見る

Lyric theater in ancien régime France was an eminently political art, tied to the demands of court spectacle. This was true not only of tragic opera ( tragédie lyrique) but also its comic counterpar……続きを見る

Winner of the 2007 Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society and the 2007 Deems Taylor Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. Divas and Scholars is……続きを見る

A study of the networks of opera production and critical discourse that shaped Italian cultural identity during and after Unification. Opera's role in shaping Italian identity has long fascinated bo……続きを見る

Amanda Johnston provides a comprehensive resource offering a modern approach to lyric diction and a thorough analysis of German and English. The third edition expands the discussion of many crucial ……続きを見る

From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankruptーand what it means for the future of the arts. In October 2013, the arts world was rocked ……続きを見る

One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Mikel Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas that includes Dennis Cleveland and a gift for superimposing pop vernaculars onto avant-garde musi……続きを見る

Opera often seems to arouse either irrational enthusiasm or visceral dislike. Such madness, as Goethe wrote, is indispensable in all theater, and yet in practice, sentiment and passion must be balan……続きを見る

Maurice Maeterlinck described his libretto Ariane et Barbe-bleue as "a sort of legendary opera, or fairy [opera], in three acts." In 1907, Paul Dukas finished setting Maeterlinck's libretto to music……続きを見る

In this comprehensive study of Olivier Messiaen's magnum opus, Saint François d'Assise, Vincent Perez Benitez examines the opera from both theological and musical-analytical perspectives to ask how ……続きを見る