Opera

Leading specialists explore a wide range of topics and issues surrounding the influential and controversial figure Richard Wagner.

A collection of specially commissioned essays investigating the extraordinary diversity of twentieth-century opera.

Leading specialists explore a wide range of topics and issues surrounding the influential and controversial figure Richard Wagner.

A fascinating and accessible exploration of the world of grand opera, first published in 2003.

A substantial introduction traces the Tristan and Isolde legend from the twelfth century to the present, emphasizing literary versions, but also surveying the legend's sources and its appearance in the visual arts, music and film.

A substantial introduction traces the Tristan and Isolde legend from the twelfth century to the present, emphasizing literary versions, but also surveying the legend's sources and its appearance in the visual arts, music and film.

Best known for his fundamental work on acting, Stanislavski was deeply drawn to the challenges of opera.

Best known for his fundamental work on acting, Stanislavski was deeply drawn to the challenges of opera.

The 12 new essays in this volume explore the relationship between text and music in Alban Berg's works.

The 12 new essays in this volume explore the relationship between text and music in Alban Berg's works.

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.

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 comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently available on Vincenzo Bellini, the Italian opera composer best known for his work Norma, which is still regularly performed today at Covent Garden and by regional opera companies.

This comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently available on Vincenzo Bellini, the Italian opera composer best known for his work Norma, which is still regularly performed today at Covent Garden and by regional opera companies.

First Published in 1990.

First Published in 1990.

Volume 3 of the SELECTED WORKS OF Louis Spohr 1784-1859- Pietro von Abano.

Volume 3 of the SELECTED WORKS OF Louis Spohr 1784-1859- Pietro von Abano.

First Published in 1994.

First Published in 1994.

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

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

First published in 1988.

First published in 1988.

This element seeks answers to the question, how Offenbach''s stage works were performed/transformed in interwar and post-World War II Budapest.

This element seeks answers to the question, how Offenbach''s stage works were performed/transformed in interwar and post-World War II Budapest.

Investigates how operatic presentations of Italian identity evolved as Italian opera was performed for nineteenth-century audiences around the world.

Investigates how operatic presentations of Italian identity evolved as Italian opera was performed for nineteenth-century audiences around the world.

This Companion provides an overview and in-depth analysis of Wagner''s Ring using traditional critical analysis alongside more recent approaches.

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

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

An authoritative, accessible reference work that brings together current knowledge and new interpretive insights into Haydn''s music and cultural influence.

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

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

Uncovers a world of forgotten triumphs of musical theatre that shine a light on major social topics.

Uncovers a world of forgotten triumphs of musical theatre that shine a light on major social topics.

An authoritative, accessible reference work that brings together current knowledge and new interpretive insights into Haydn''s music and cultural influence.

This book examines the invention of the architecture of the modern opera house in Italy between the late fifteenth and late seventeenth centuries.

This book examines the invention of the architecture of the modern opera house in Italy between the late fifteenth and late seventeenth centuries.

In this book on Richard Wagner's compelling but enigmatic masterpiece Gotterdammerung, the final opera of his monumental Ring tetralogy, Alexander H.

In this book on Richard Wagner's compelling but enigmatic masterpiece Gotterdammerung, the final opera of his monumental Ring tetralogy, Alexander H.

This book covers playwright Martin Crimp's recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contemporary experience.

This book covers playwright Martin Crimp's recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contemporary experience.

This book asks what theological messages theologically educated Catholics in late-eighteenth-century Prague might have perceived in Mozart's late opera seria La clemenza di Tito.

This book asks what theological messages theologically educated Catholics in late-eighteenth-century Prague might have perceived in Mozart's late opera seria La clemenza di Tito.

Stage Management Basics, second edition, offers a deep dive into the basics of stage management for theatre, dance, and opera productions.