Opera

Scholars have long recognized Carl Maria von Weber as the father of the German Romantic and Nationalist music.

As the complicated relationship between music and theatre has evolved and changed in the modern and postmodern periods, music has continued to be immensely influential in key developments of theatrical practices.

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.

After more than three centuries of silence, the voice of Francesco Cavalli is being heard loud and clear on the operatic stages of the world.

In Sensing Sound Nina Sun Eidsheim offers a vibrational theory of music that radically re-envisions how we think about sound, music, and listening.

Schoenberg''s Musical Imagination is intended to connect Schoenberg''s music and critical writings to a larger world of ideas.

Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794-1854) was a legendary tenor and the first 19th-century non-castrati male singer to become an international star of opera.

In seinen drei romantischen Opern Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser und Lohengrin entwirft Richard Wagner ein ideales Menschenbild, das sich genauso in den weiblichen Hauptfiguren wie in den männlichen Titelgestalten verkörpert – das Bild einer starken Individualität, die nach voller Entfaltung ihrer Möglichkeiten strebt und dadurch zwangsläufig in Konflikt mit der Natur und der Gesellschaft gerät.

With her superb coloratura soprano, passion for the world of opera, and down-to-earth personality, Beverly Sills made high art accessible to millions from the time of her meteoric rise to stardom in 1966 until her death in 2007.

Johann Mattheson (1681–1764) war einer der vielseitigsten und einflussreichsten Musiker des Barockzeitalters.

Romantic Anatomies of Performance is concerned with the very matter of musical expression: the hands and voices of virtuosic musicians.

Written more than a century ago and initially regarded even by their creators as nothing more than light entertainment, the fourteen operas of Gilbert & Sullivan emerged over the course of the twentieth century as the world's most popular body of musical-theater works, ranking second only to Shakespeare in the history of English-language theater.

This volume offers a cross-section of English-language scholarship on German and Slavonic operatic repertories of the "e;long nineteenth century,"e; giving particular emphasis to four areas: German opera in the first half of the nineteenth century; the works of Richard Wagner after 1848; Russian opera between Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov; and the operas of Richard Strauss and JanA!

French Vocal Literature: Repertoire in Context introduces singers to the history and performance concerns of a vast body of French songs from the twelfth century to the present, focusing on works for solo voice or small vocal ensembles with piano or organ accompaniment, suitable for recitals, concerts, and church performances.

This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying a wide range of subjects associated with the creation, performance and reception of 'opera' in varying social and historical contexts from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

In Oh Joy!

Rolland's biography attempts to provide an overview of Handel's life and works from his early lessons in music to the classical context in which he is commonly placed.

'A Gilbert is of no use without a Sullivan.

Joseph Martin Kraus – ein Name, der in der Geschichte der Musik oft übersehen wird und doch einer der faszinierendsten Komponisten seiner Zeit war.

A transnational history of the performance, reception, translation, adaptation and appropriation of Bizet''s Carmen from 1875 to 1945.

Mozart, Verdi und Wagner einmal anders!

Sebastian Hannaks Raumbühne HETEROTOPIA an der Oper Halle ist eine der aufsehenerregendsten Bühneninstallationen der letzten Jahre.

Seit über hundert Jahren versucht man verbissen das Genie Richard Wagner als Antisemiten, Frauenfeind und undankbaren Verschwender fremden Geldes hinzustellen.

Foster explores how Wagner''s political stance and his theories on Greek poetry and politics were combined to create the Ring.

London operatic adaptations have been maligned, but this comprehensive study demonstrates their importance to theatre, opera and canon formation.

Who's Who and What's What in Wagner aims to fill a notable gap in the extensive literature surrounding the works of Richard Wagner.

Die Operette – leicht, heiter und dennoch voller Tiefe.

In this widely ranging collection of essays, a group of contemporary psychoanalyst/authors turn their finely-honed listening skills and clinical experience to plumb the depths and illuminate themes of character, drama, myth, culture, and psychobiography in some of the world's most beloved operas.

Bryan Gilliam explores the composer''s response to Wagner in his discussion of Strauss'' stage works and their historical contexts.

Detailed examination of the vocal and interpretive artistry of the great Jussi Bjorling.

Analyzing the lack of diversity among opera executives, this book examines the careers of executive opera managers of color in the U.

Drama, passion, a good dose of humour and, first and foremost, immortal melodies are the ingredients of the great masterpieces of Italian opera history.

This 2004 Companion provides an accessible introduction to Verdi''s life and music.

Is it possible to prove or disprove God's existence?

Stephanie Kleiner beschreibt das Musiktheater in der Ära einer krisengeladenen klassischen Moderne und über die Zäsur des Ersten Weltkriegs hinweg als Ort sozialer Praxis und als Medium politischer Sinnbildung.

Giochino Rossini: A Research and Information Guide is designed as a tool for those beginning to study the life and works of Gioachino Rossini as well as for those who wish to explore beyond the established biographies and commentaries.

This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi ('pear garden theatre'), heir and current expression of one of China's oldest unbroken xiqu ('Chinese opera') traditions.

This book responds to recent debates on cultural participation and the relevance of music composed today with the first large-scale audience experience study on contemporary classical music.

This is the first book-length study of Australian theatre productions by internationally-renowned director, Barrie Kosky.

Known worldwide as a composer of symphonies and chamber music, Czech composer Antonin Dvorak declared toward the end of his life that his main love was writing operas.

Female characters assumed increasing prominence in the narratives of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century opera.

Verba''s fresh approach to understanding Rameau''s role in the French Enlightenment focuses on dramatic expression in his musical tragedies.

Beyond Reasonrelates Wagner's works to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, centering on the four music dramas he created in the second half of his career:Der Ring des Nibelungen,Tristan und Isolde,Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, andParsifal.