Opera

A study of the music of the internationally known contemporary Dutch composer, Louis Andriessen.

John Adams's opera, Nixon in China, is one of the most frequently performed operas in the contemporary literature.

Indispensable reading for historians and musicologists as well as those interested in Wagner's philosophy and the aesthetics of music.

Why, in the dying days of the Napoleonic Empire, did half of Paris turn out for the funeral of a composer?

The director was fundamental to the development of modern theatre.

The story of an Australian girl who defied convention and became the most famous singer of her era.

This first comprehensive study unites musical, literary, documentary and cultural perspectives to shed new light on Ravel''s compositional practice.

The epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, attributed to Homer, are among the oldest surviving works of literature derived from oral performance.

In late imperial China, opera transmitted ideas across the social hierarchy about the self, family, society, and politics.

Bel canto, or 'beautiful singing,' remains one of the most elusive performance styles vocalists strive to master.

The founding in 1777 of the Journal de Paris, France's first daily and distinctly commercial paper, represents an early use of disinformation as a tool for political gain, profit, and societal division.

After their military defeat by the Florentines in the mid-sixteenth century, the citizens of Siena turned from politics to celebratory, social occasions to express their civic identity and show their capacity for collective action.

Susan Rutherford explores Verdi''s operas in the context of women''s social, cultural and political history in nineteenth-century Italy.

The study of opera in the second half of the eighteenth century has flourished during the last several decades, and our knowledge of the operas written during that period and of their aesthetic, social, and political context has vastly increased.

Opera in the first half of the eighteenth century saw the rise of the memorable composer and the memorable work.

Since Singapore declared independence from Malaysia in 1965, Chinese street opera has played a significant role in defining Singaporean identity.

Elfride Trötschel (1913–1958) war eine Sopranistin aus Dresden.

Leading scholars of opera and film explore the many ways these two seemingly unrelated genres have come together from the silent-film era to today.

"e;Operetta: A Theatrical History"e; is considered the classic history of this important musical theater form.

A beguiling exploration of the last Habsburg monarchs' grip on Europe's historical and cultural imagination.

Der Mythos von Orpheus, dem legendären Sänger, der mit seiner Musik die Grenzen zwischen Leben und Tod überwand, hat über Jahrtausende hinweg Künstler und Denker inspiriert.

Artists today are at a crossroads.

Who "e;speaks"e; to us in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in Wagner's operas, in a Mahler symphony?

A major re-orientation in understanding opera, exploring musical comedies with spoken dialogue previously excluded from historical accounts.

Friedrich Nietzsche regarded himself as the most musical philosopher--he played the piano, wrote his own compositions and espoused a philosophy encouraging all to dance for joy.

Victorian Vocalists is a masterful and entertaining collection of 100 biographies of mid- to late-19th-century singers and stars.

The tonadilla, a type of satiric musical skit popular on the public stages of Madrid during the late Enlightenment, has played a significant role in the history of music in Spain.

Few people these days would question Mozart's rating as the most popular of all classical composers.

Opera in the first half of the eighteenth century saw the rise of the memorable composer and the memorable work.

Opera often seems to arouse either irrational enthusiasm or visceral dislike.

New perspectives on the life, works and aesthetic relationships of Igor Stravinsky, that epitomise the stylistic crisis of twentieth-century music.

The study of the business of opera has taken on new importance in the present harsh economic climate for the arts.

'Idiosyncratic, humorous, enlightening and written by one of the finest conductors alive .

Der von zahlreichen Musikliebenden am höchsten verehrte Tonkünstler unserer westlichen Zivilisation hat keine Oper geschrieben.

In its revised third edition, this volume argues that an appreciation of opera is based on understanding of several key aspects: history, language, theatrical production, the power of the conductor, vocal tradition and standard repertory.

Simon Williams addresses one of the most controversial aspects of Wagner''s work, heroes and the heroic.

Opera has always been a vital and complex mixture of commercial and aesthetic concerns, of bourgeois politics and elite privilege.

The "e;keys"e; provided by Herve Lacombe in this richly informed book open the door to understanding the essence of nineteenth-century French lyric theater.

Recomposing the Past is a book concerned with the complex but important ways in which we engage with the past in modern times.

In this colorful and detailed history, Joshua Goldstein describes the formation of the Peking opera in late Qing and its subsequent rise and re-creation as the epitome of the Chinese national culture in Republican era China.

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.

This book discusses literary and dramatic aspects of musical works for voices and instruments performed in English theatres (c.

The Beginner's Guide to Opera Stage Management is the first book to cover theatrical stage management practices specifically for opera productions, providing an invaluable step-by-step guide.

Examines the remarkable career of leading soprano castrato Venanzio Rauzzini (1746-1810), the first castrato to make Britain his home.

Responding to the ever-increasing popularity and international performances of operas by the Czech composer Leo?