Music-Genres & Styles-Opera

During the July Monarchy, French grand operas, with their plots drawn from historical events, tended to be received as metaphors for current political themes. Previous studies have usually underestimated the role of music and the visual dimensions in articulating an alternative message to that...

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One of the last works of German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), the oratorio Elijah was first performed at England's Birmingham Festival in August 1846. Elated by the audience's response, Mendelssohn wrote jubilantly to his brother: "Not less than four choruses and four airs were...

Hyland reveals both the man and his creations, revealing how Gershwin became the first composer to apply popular music to classical forms, how his work reflected the turmoil of America in the Jazz Age, and how, despite his fame, he never achieved the happiness...

A behind-the-scenes look at the premieres of five extraordinary operas What was it like at the opening night of Mozart's Don Giovanni or Wagner's Das Rheingold? This glittering introduction to the world of opera takes us behind the scenes during premiere performances of five...

Without scenery, costumes, and stage action, an opera would be little more than a concert. But in the audience, we know little (and think less) about the enormous efforts of those involved in bringing an opera to life--by the stagehands who shift scenery, the...

This classic French tale of love and honor comes to life in Walter Damrosch's celebrated opera. With its soaring melodies and dramatic lyrics, Cyrano is a masterpiece of the operatic genre, capturing the passion and pathos of 17th century France in vivid detail. From...

A full account of the making, during 1909-10, of Der Rosenkavalier with emphasis on its derivation from a French op駻ette of 1907, L'Ingenu libertin. L'Ingenu libertin was seen in Paris by Count Harry Kessler and formed the basis of the opera then to be...

Die Zauberfl te ist eine Oper in zwei Aufz gen, die 1791 im Freihaustheater in Wien uraufgef hrt wurde. Das Libretto stammt von Emanuel Schikaneder, die Musik komponierte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Zur Handlung: Der junge Prinz Tamino wird von der K nigin der Nacht...

First performed in Berlin in 1821, Der Freisch?z is recognized as the wellspring of German Romantic opera. It was immensely influential in subject matter, atmosphere, orchestration, and other aspects on all later German operatic writing, and it is still quite popular.The composition of Der...

The first biography in over 15 years of Maria Callas, and the first to portray her as a feminist icon rather than a bitchy diva "Call it 'charm', call it 'magic', call it 'Maria' "--Dorle Soria"The new face of Maria Callas ... is even...

A study of the ways in which topics of English history were central to conceptions of English identity, musical and otherwise, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods This study explores the ways in which topics of English history were central to conceptions of English...

Author: Benjamin BrittenISBN-10: 0571514537ISBN-13: 9780571514533Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.60w x 0.30d

Reprinted from authoritative Breitkopf and H舐tel sources, this collection features a variety of Brahms's most cherished choral works with orchestral accompaniment. Selections include: - Rhapsodie f? eine Altstimme, M舅nerchor und Orchester, Op. 53 (Rhapsody for an Alto, Men's Choir, and Orchestra)- Schicksalslied von Friedrich...

Published in 1913, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is one of the most widely read novellas in any language. In the 1970s, Benjamin Britten adapted it into an opera, and Luchino Visconti turned it into a successful film. Reading these works from a philosophical...

In a famous Parisian chess café, a down-and-out, HIM, accosts a former acquaintance, ME, who has made good, more or less. They talk about chess, about genius, about good and evil, about music, they gossip about the society in which they move, one of...

Essays and memoirs by and about one of Britain's leading symphonists. A lively collection by contributions from Roger Scruton, Judith Weir, John McCabe, Arnold Whittall, Hugh Wood and many others. 2013 saw the seventieth birthday of David Matthews, the British composer who has established...

An arresting and emotional tour of the life and work of the 2004 Grammy-winning composer The celebrated American composer Dominick Argento is known for the care with which he selects the subjects for his works, be they intended for opera house, concert auditorium, recital...

Claudio Monteverdi's Venetian Operas features chapters by a group of scholars and performers of varied backgrounds and specialties, who confront the various questions raised by Monteverdi's late operas from an interdisciplinary perspective. The premise of the volume is the idea that constructive dialogue between...

The Ultimate Epic Opera/ An Opera in Two Acts.Full Music Sheets By Composer Ahmad Pejman.Delavar and Sahand Opera is based on the life of 8th century Iranian freedom fighter, Babak Khorramdin, who is a symbol of resistance against the Arab occupiers in Iran. Born...

Curation as a concept and a catchword in modern parlance has, over recent decades, become deeply ingrained in modern culture. The purpose of this study is to explore the curatorial forces at work within the modern opera house and to examine the functionaries and...

Author: Benjamin BrittenISBN-10: 0571505147ISBN-13: 9780571505142Publisher: Faber & FaberLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 999Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.40lbsSize: 12.10h x 9.00w x 0.90d

Author: Richard WagnerISBN-10: 0793583594ISBN-13: 9780793583591Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 10.30h x 6.50w x 0.40d

The mention of the term "melodrama" is likely to evoke a response from laymen and musicians alike that betrays an acquaintance only with the popular form of the genre and its greatly heightened drama, exaggerated often to the point of the ridiculous. Few are...

Author: Richard WagnerISBN-10: 0793556104ISBN-13: 9780793556106Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 10.20h x 6.50w x 0.30d

This is the first paperback edition of Roy Howat's stimulating and provocative study of Debussy's unorthodox use of musical form. Throught detailed analyses of the piano pieces Reflets dans l'eau and L'isle joyeuse and the symphonic poem La mer, Dr Howat shows how the...

Mascagni's first produced opera (1890), and ultimately his most successful, Cavalleria Rusticana is a tempestuous drama of adultery and revenge set in a remote Italian village. Its earthy passions, bold confrontational scenes and richly melodic score set a fashion for so-called verismo opera that...

This beloved operatic work combines profound emotion and great comedy to tell the tale of a young knight and his struggle to become a Mastersinger. Wagner's only comedy, for which he wrote both the words and the music, offers an extraordinarily adept coupling of...

Translated from the Italian, Cosi fan tutte means "That's how all women act"; the libretto, the last of three Lorenzo da Ponte wrote for Mozart, concerns the behavior of women, particularly the behavior of young women in the throes of romantic love. Are they...

(Vocal Collection). An excellent volume of coloratura arias has been added to the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology series. With 30 arias in English, Italian, German, French and Russian, this is the largest collection of coloratura operatic excerpts ever published. Contents: ALCINA: Tornami a vagheggiar...

This 1920 vocal score is from a three-act opera by a 23-year-old composer who has seen a recent resurgence in popularity. The libretto is credited to Paul Schott, a pseudonym for the composer and his father, Julius Korngold. Based on the short novel Bruges-la-Morte...

This inexpensive edition of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, one of the greatest masterpieces in the operatic repertoire, is reprinted directly from the definitive vocal score prepared by Otto Singer, approved by Strauss, and published by Adolph F rstner in 1911, the year of the...

Awards: Irving Lowens Award, Society for American Music (SAM), 2019Music in American Culture Award, American Musicological Society (AMS), 2018Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, Roots, or World Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2018Outstanding Achievement in Humanities and...

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century is the first definitive study of the use of digital scenography in Western opera production. The book begins by exploring digital scenography's dramaturgical possibilities and establishes a critical framework for identifying and comparing the use of...

Following the universal success of his dance music, Austria's Waltz King, Johann Strauss, Jr., turned his attention to operetta. Die Fledermaus (The Bat) was one of his finest efforts. Transforming a witty piece from the French vaudeville stage into a humorous Viennese confection tinged...

From "Trial by Jury" to "The Pirates of Penzance" the complete librettos of all fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Here are the witty and charming librettos that have delighted generations of fans. Complete and authentic, these are the texts on which modern performances and...

The first book to use subversive sexuality as a lens through which to provocatively view opera in the 21st century. Imagine Armida, Handel's Saracen sorceress, performing her breakneck coloraturas in a black figure-hugging rubber dress, beating her insubordinate furies into submission with a cane,...

Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's celebrated four-part Ring Cycle, blends the powerful imagery of Norse and Teutonic mythology with glorious, robustly inventive music to produce a dramatic allegory of greed and lust for power. Despite its popularity, however, Das Rheingold has long...

A wickedly funny look at opera today--the feuds and deals, maestros and managers, divine voices and outsized egos--and a portrait of the opera world's newest superstar at a formative point in her life and career. In Cinderella & Company, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Manuela Hoelterhoff...

(Vocal Collection). The companion accompaniment recordings to the best-selling series in the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology. Each aria is recorded by a professional coach/accompanist working in the opera world. Contents: ALCINA: Tornami a vagheggiar * ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Grossmachtige Prinzessin... Noch glaub' ich dem...

In a famous Parisian chess caf , a down-and-out, HIM, accosts a former acquaintance, ME, who has made good, more or less. They talk about chess, about genius, about good and evil, about music, they gossip about the society in which they move, one...

A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts the story of two lovers unknowingly drinking a magic potion and ultimately dying in one another's arms. While critics have lauded Wagner's Tristan and Isolde for the originality...

The Complete Operas of Verdi is the first full-length study of all of Verdi's operas. This work of the brilliant British music critic Charles Osborne covers Verdi's complete operatic oeuvre--including the missing choral works, songs, a string quartet, and the Messa da Requiem. The...

Britten's last opera, Death in Venice, is based on the short story by Thomas Mann. It follows the inner turmoil of the aging novelist Gustav von Aschenbach, who becomes infatuated by a boy he sees on the beach in Venice. Unable to confess his...

Sam Morgenstern's classic anthology, now thoroughly updated with new selections and commentary reflecting recent music scholarshipAuthor: Josiah FiskISBN-10: 1555532799ISBN-13: 9781555532796Publisher: Northeastern University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/1997Pages: 544Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 9.22h x 6.12w x 1.17dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 12/01/1996 pg. 95Publishers Weekly 12/09/1996

Since its inception, French opera has embraced dance, yet all too often operatic dancing is treated as mere decoration. Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera exposes the multiple and meaningful roles that dance has played, starting from Jean-Baptiste Lully's first opera in 1672....

A landmark in the history of opera, Die Walk re is the most popular and most frequently performed opera among those that make up the Ring Cycle. It contains some of Wagner's best-known and most memorable music and stands alone as a complete work.This...

Wagner's operas can be counted among the most important works of art of the nineteenth century. But Wagner was a composer around whom violent artistic, political, and literary controversies raged during his lifetime. Even today, Wagner's music seems to arouse either adulation or antipathy....

This book considers and discusses aspects of the management of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the twentieth century since the death of its founder Richard D'Oyly Carte, and concentrates on key events that contributed to its demise in 1982. In this book, Paul...

A revelatory study of how composers and dramatists of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France criticized and trivialized independent women in their portrayals of them in works of theater and opera. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French theatrical works created an uneasy dialogue with the often-blistering depictions of...