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  • The Daughter Of St. Mark: A Grand Opera Seria, In Three Acts (1844) by Balfe, Michael William
    Michael William Balfe

    The Daughter Of St. Mark: A Grand Opera Seria, In Three Acts (1844)

    ""The Daughter of St. Mark"" is a three-act grand opera seria written by Michael William Balfe and first performed in 1844. Set in Venice during the 17th century, the story follows the tragic love affair between the nobleman Enrico and the beautiful but impoverished...
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  • Ideology in Britten's Operas by Harper-Scott, J. P. E.
    J. P. E. Harper-Scott

    Ideology in Britten's Operas

    This thematic examination of Britten's operas focuses on the way that ideology is presented on stage. To watch or listen is to engage with a vivid artistic testament to the ideological world of mid-twentieth-century Britain. But it is more than that, too, because in...
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  • Opera in Postwar Venice: Cultural Politics and the Avant-Garde by Boyd-Bennett, Harriet
    Harriet Boyd-Bennett

    Opera in Postwar Venice

    Beginning from the unlikely vantage point of Venice in the aftermath of fascism and World War II, this book explores operatic production in the city's nascent postwar culture as a lens onto the relationship between opera and politics in the twentieth century. Both opera...
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  • Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel by Timms, Colin
    Colin Timms

    Music in the London Theatre from Purcell to Handel

    This book is concerned with a hundred years of musical drama in England. It charts the development of the genre from the theatre works of Henry Purcell (and his contemporaries) to the dramatic oratorios of George Frideric Handel (and his). En route it investigates...
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  • The Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia by Clark, Caryl
    Caryl Clark

    The Cambridge Haydn Encyclopedia

    For well over two hundred years, Joseph Haydn has been by turns lionized and misrepresented - held up as celebrity, and disparaged as mere forerunner or point of comparison. And yet, unlike many other canonic composers, his music has remained a fixture in the...
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  • The History of Opera by Fawkes, Richard
    Richard Fawkes

    The History of Opera

    Since its origins in the sixteenth century, opera has been an extravagant, costly affair, arousing great passions. It has also produced some of the most sublime works of art, from composers Monteverdi to Wagner. Following the widely acclaimed The History of Classical Music, Richard...
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  • Joan Sutherland by Braddon, Russell
    Russell Braddon

    Joan Sutherland

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Lakme: Opera In Three Acts (1890) by Delibes, Leo
    Leo Delibes

    Lakme: Opera In Three Acts (1890)

    Lakm����� is an opera in three acts composed by Leo Delibes in 1890. The libretto was written by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. The story is set in British India and revolves around the love story between Lakm�����, a Hindu priestess, and G�����rald, a...
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  • Orchestral Symbolism In Wagner's Das Rheingold by Richter, Martin S.
    Martin S. Richter

    Orchestral Symbolism In Wagner's Das Rheingold

    Orchestral Symbolism In Wagner's Das Rheingold uncovers a new layer of meaning concealed in the orchestration of Wagner's Ring. While leitmotives have helped stage directors, conductors, and audiences appreciate the work on a deeper level, they are no longer the final word. Richter presents...
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  • Stories of Famous Operas by Guerber, Helen A.
    Helen A. Guerber

    Stories of Famous Operas

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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  • The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner and His Festival Theatre in Bayreuth by Lavignac, Albert
    Albert Lavignac

    The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner and His Festival Theatre in Bayreuth

    First published in 1897, this was among the earliest works about Wagner and his works to come from outside Bayreuth and presented careful and probing analyses of both the poems and the music, touching for the first time on the essential themes and questions...
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  • Operatic China Operatic China: Staging Chinese Identity Across the Pacific Staging Chinese Identity Across the Pacific by Lei, D.
    D. Lei

    Operatic China Operatic China: Staging Chinese Identity Across the Pacific Staging Chinese Identity Across the Pacific

    In this study Lei focuses on the notion of 'performing Chinese' in traditional opera in the 'contact zones', where two or more cultures, ethnicities, and/or ideologies meet and clash. This work seeks to create discourse among theatre and performance studies, Asian and Asian American...
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  • The Orchestral Music of Michael Tippett: Creative Development and the Compositional Process by Schuttenhelm, Thomas
    Thomas Schuttenhelm

    The Orchestral Music of Michael Tippett: Creative Development and the Compositional Process

    With extracts from the composer's letters, writings, interviews, and broadcasts, and supported by evidence from his sketchbooks and manuscripts, Meaning and Identity in the Orchestral Music of Michael Tippett explores Tippett's intentions and argues that the experiences that triggered his creative impulses are integral...
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  • Iolanthe or the Peer and the Peri: A New and Original Comic Opera in Two Acts (1882) by Gilbert, William Schwenck
    William Schwenck Gilbert

    Iolanthe or the Peer and the Peri: A New and Original Comic Opera in Two Acts (1882)

    Iolanthe Or The Peer And The Peri is a comic opera written by William Schwenck Gilbert and first published in 1882. The story follows the fairy Iolanthe, who has been banished from fairyland for marrying a mortal. She returns to the mortal world to...
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  • Lyrics Of The Begum: A Comic Opera In Two Acts (1887) by Smith, Harry Bache
    Harry Bache Smith

    Lyrics Of The Begum: A Comic Opera In Two Acts (1887)

    ""Lyrics Of The Begum: A Comic Opera In Two Acts"" is a book written by Harry Bache Smith in 1887. The book is a humorous and satirical take on the British Raj in India during the late 19th century. The story revolves around the...
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  • Irene Dalis: Diva, Impresaria, Legend by Riebel, Linda K.
    Linda K. Riebel

    Irene Dalis: Diva, Impresaria, Legend

    Irene Dalis was an opera star in the twentieth century, performing leading roles alongside Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Birgit Nilsson, and Jussi Bjling at the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, San Francisco, Bayreuth, and other major houses. In this, the first biography of...
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  • Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire by Cheek, Timothy
    Timothy Cheek

    Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire

    Timothy Cheek's revised edition of Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire, with its accompanying audio accessible online, builds on the original pioneering work of 2001 that set "a new and very welcome high standard for teaching lyric diction,"...
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  • The Opera Manual by Martin, Nicholas Ivor
    Nicholas Ivor Martin

    The Opera Manual

    You are getting ready for a performance of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore and you have a few questions. How many clarinets are in the orchestra? How many orchestra members appear onstage? How many different sets are there? How long does the opera typically run? What...
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  • Giovanni Battista Rubini and the Bel Canto Tenors: History and Technique by Marek, Dan H.
    Dan H. Marek

    Giovanni Battista Rubini and the Bel Canto Tenors: History and Technique

    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. The previous two centuries had been the era of the castrati, with tenors and basses relegated to character and supporting roles in...
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  • Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera by Kessler, Daniel
    Daniel Kessler

    Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera

    Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera is the first biography of this significant musician, conductor, and director and documents Ms. Caldwell's genius as an indomitable force for opera in America. Caldwell mounted many U.S. premieres and brought rare editions of standard works to...
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  • Opera: Desire, Disease, Death by Hutcheon, Linda
    Michael Hutcheon

    Opera: Desire, Disease, Death

    "A fascinating interdisciplinary study of the interconnected subtexts of erotic attraction, illness, and death in several 19th- and 20th-century operatic texts. . . . This is an extraordinary examination of how opera uses the singing body--gendered and sexual--to give voice to the suffering person....
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  • Siren Songs: Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Opera by Smart, Mary Ann
    Mary Ann Smart

    Siren Songs: Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Opera

    It has long been argued that opera is all about sex. Siren Songs is the first collection of articles devoted to exploring the impact of this sexual obsession, and of the power relations that come with it, on the music, words, and staging of...
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  • You're the Voice: Maria Callas [With CD (Audio)] by Callas, Maria
    Maria Callas

    You're the Voice: Maria Callas [With CD (Audio)]

    The You're the Voice series is a wonderful collection of books containing stylistic songs arranged for voice, piano, and guitar as performed and recorded by such legendary entertainers as Carole King, Maria Callas, Tom Jones, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, George Michael, and Nina Simon....
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  • The Annotated Ring Cycle: Siegfried by Walter, Frederick Paul
    Frederick Paul Walter

    The Annotated Ring Cycle: Siegfried

    Richard Wagner's magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.Frederick Paul Walter makes Siegfried accessible not only to scholars and opera buffs but also to fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwarts through a dazzling new...
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  • The Annotated Ring Cycle: Twilight for the Gods (Götterdämmerung) by Walter, Frederick Paul
    Frederick Paul Walter

    The Annotated Ring Cycle: Twilight for the Gods (Gterd舂merung)

    Richard Wagner's magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.Frederick Paul Walter makes Twilight for the Gods accessible not only to scholars and opera buffs but also to fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwarts through...
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  • Wagner's Meistersinger: Performance, History, Representation by Vazsonyi, Nicholas
    Nicholas Vazsonyi

    Wagner's Meistersinger: Performance, History, Representation

    A volume of collected essays which engage Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg from the perspective of both active performers and academics in a wide range of disciplines. Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg has been one of the most performed operas ever since its...
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  • The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Georges Bizet's Carmen: Libretto, Background and Photos by Bizet, Georges
    Georges Bizet

    The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Georges Bizet's Carmen: Libretto, Background and Photos

    A riveting story of fatal attraction between a beguiling, strong-willed gypsy and a naïve but passionate soldier who falls under her spell, Georges Bizet's Carmen pulses with seduction, obsession, and deadly betrayal. It was reviled at its Paris premiere, where its realism and perceived...
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  • The Story of Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto to Un Ballo in Maschera by Baldini, Gabriele
    Gabriele Baldini

    The Story of Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto to Un Ballo in Maschera

    Abitare la battaglia, Gabriele Baldini's study of the operas of Verdi from Oberto to Un ballo in maschera, has, since its posthumous publication in 1970, received much critical acclaim both in Italy and elsewhere. Its lack of technical language makes it easily accessible to...
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  • Olive Oil: Minor Constituents and Health by Boskou, Dimitrios
    Dimitrios Boskou

    Olive Oil: Minor Constituents and Health

    Epidemiological studies indicate that the consumption of natural antioxidants from such plant-derived sources as olive oil produces beneficial health effects. Olive Oil: Minor Constituents and Health provides a balanced understanding of the pharmacological properties of phenols and other bioactive ingredients in the composition of...
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  • Masque and Opera in England, 1656-1688 by Walkling, Andrew
    Andrew Walkling

    Masque and Opera in England, 1656-1688

    Masque and Opera in England, 1656-1688 presents a comprehensive study of the development of court masque and through-composed opera in England from the mid-1650s to the Revolution of 1688-89. In seeking to address the problem of generic categorization within a highly fragmentary corpus for...
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  • Opera and Its Symbols: The Unity of Words, Music and Staging by Donington, Robert
    Robert Donington

    Opera and Its Symbols: The Unity of Words, Music and Staging

    In this book the late musicologist, performer, and writer Robert Donington discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. His analysis includes scenes and characters from operas by Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner,...
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  • The Castrato: Reflections on Natures and Kindsvolume 16 by Feldman, Martha
    Martha Feldman

    The Castrato: Reflections on Natures and Kinds Volume 16

    The Castrato is a nuanced exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. It shows that the entire foundation of Western classical singing, culminating in bel canto, was birthed from an unlikely and historically unique set of...
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  • In Search of Opera by Abbate, Carolyn
    Carolyn Abbate

    In Search of Opera

    In her new book, Carolyn Abbate considers the nature of operatic performance and the acoustic images of performance present in operas from Monteverdi to Ravel. Paying tribute to music's realization by musicians and singers, she argues that operatic works are indelibly bound to the...
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  • Ticket to the Opera: Discovering and Exploring 100 Famous Works, History, Lore, and Singers, with Recommended Recordings by Goulding, Phil G.
    Phil G. Goulding

    Ticket to the Opera: Discovering and Exploring 100 Famous Works, History, Lore, and Singers, with Recommended Recordings

    In Ticket to the Opera, Phil G. Goulding finally makes the magic and mystique of opera accessible to all. Here he offers a complete operatic education, including history, definitions of key musical terms, opera lore and gossip, portraits of famous singers and the roles...
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  • Theatre and Internationalization: Perspectives from Australia, Germany, and Beyond by Garde, Ulrike
    Ulrike Garde

    Theatre and Internationalization: Perspectives from Australia, Germany, and Beyond

    Theatre and Internationalization examines how internationalization affects the processes and aesthetics of theatre, and how this art form responds dramatically and thematically to internationalization beyond the stage. With central examples drawn from Australia and Germany from the 1930s to the present day, the book...
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  • Opera by Wilson, Alexandra
    Alexandra Wilson

    Opera

    Opera is often dismissed as outdated and excessive, and perceived to be characterised by excessive passions, sumptuous costumes, and ill-mannered divas. In reality, however, operas address the most fundamental and universal of human concerns - love, death, jealousy, greed, and power. Revealing the diverse...
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  • Nineteenth-Century Music: The Western Classical Tradition by Finson, Jon W.
    Jon W. Finson

    Nineteenth-Century Music: The Western Classical Tradition

    Nineteenth-Century Music: The Western Classical Tradition provides a guide to the basic literature of European art music for the period from which we still draw the majority of our repertory in modern concert halls and opera theaters. The study, revised and expanded, explores standard...
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  • Harrison Birtwistle's Operas and Music Theatre by Beard, David
    David Beard

    Harrison Birtwistle's Operas and Music Theatre

    David Beard presents the first definitive survey of Harrison Birtwistle's music for the opera house and theatre, from his smaller-scale works, such as Down by the Greenwood Side and Bow Down, to the full-length operas, such as Punch and Judy, The Mask of Orpheus...
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  • The Desert Flower: An Opera, In Three Acts (1863) by Harris, A.
    A. Harris

    The Desert Flower: An Opera, In Three Acts (1863)

    The Desert Flower is an opera written by A. Harris and first published in 1863. It is divided into three acts and tells the story of a young woman named Zorah who lives in the desert. Zorah is in love with a man named...
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  • Lohengrin: Libretto by Wagner, Richard
    Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin: Libretto

    Author: Richard WagnerISBN-10: 0793583624ISBN-13: 9780793583621Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.20d
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  • The Flying Dutchman: Libretto by Wagner, Richard
    Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman: Libretto

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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  • Gotterdammerung: Libretto by Wagner, Richard
    Richard Wagner

    Gotterdammerung: Libretto

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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  • Siegfried: Libretto by Wagner, Richard
    Richard Wagner

    Siegfried: Libretto

    Author: Richard WagnerISBN-10: 0793547156ISBN-13: 9780793547159Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1989Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 10.20h x 6.50w x 0.30d
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  • Richard Wagner's Music Dramas by Dahlhaus, Carl
    Carl Dahlhaus

    Richard Wagner's Music Dramas

    Previous studies of Wagner's operas have tended to approach the works as chunks of autobiography, philosophical speculations or historical-political comments on the age in which they were written. Professor Dahlhaus dissociated himself from all such ventures. His aim is to reveal, by careful analysis...
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  • Grove Book of Operas by Sadie, Stanley
    Stanley Sadie

    Grove Book of Operas

    First published in 1996 to great critical and popular acclaim, the Grove Book of Operas, is a collection of synopses and descriptions of over 250 operas. Each succinct yet insightful entry is written by a leading authority on the opera and includes a full...
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  • Kurt Weill's America by Graber, Naomi
    Naomi Graber

    Kurt Weill's America

    Throughout his life, German-Jewish composer Kurt Weill was fascinated by the idea of America. His European works depict America as a Capitalist dystopia. But in 1935, it became clear that Europe was no longer safe for Weill, and he set sail for New World,...
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  • The New Book of Opera Anecdotes by Mordden, Ethan
    Ethan Mordden

    The New Book of Opera Anecdotes

    Building on the long-established success of Ethan Mordden's Opera Anecdotes, The New Book Of Opera Anecdotes continues where the original left off, bringing into view the new corps of major singers that arose after the first book's publication in 1985 -- artists such as...
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  • Handel's Messiah: A Celebration by Luckett, Richard
    Richard Luckett

    Handel's Messiah: A Celebration

    An authority on eighteenth-century music explores the background and composition of Messiah and gives the complex subsequent history of the work. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and facsimiles of Handel's autograph score illustrate the text. A Helen and Kurt Wolff BookAuthor: Richard LuckettISBN-10: 0156001381ISBN-13: 9780156001380Publisher: Mariner...
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  • Overture of Hope: Two Sisters' Daring Plan That Saved Opera's Jewish Stars from the Third Reich by Vincent, Isabel
    Isabel Vincent

    Overture of Hope: Two Sisters' Daring Plan That Saved Opera's Jewish Stars from the Third Reich

    Schindler's List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves into pre-World-War-II history to recover the amazing story of two British spinsters who masterminded a plan to spirit dozens of Jewish stars and personnel of the German...
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  • Richard Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde by Groos, Arthur
    Arthur Groos

    Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    Wagner's Tristan und Isolde occupies a singular position in the history of Western culture. What Nietzsche called the 'sweet and terrible infinity' of its basic nexus of longing and death has fascinated audiences since its first performance in 1865. At the same time, its...
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