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Serie: Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera
gebondenEngels238 blz.9781032390246
Through the examination of participatory elements, theories, and practices, this book defines participatory opera, explores ways it challenges traditional roles of “audience,” “performer,” and “author,” and situates Euro-American participatory opera within the context of participatory philosophy, theory, and art of the twentieth century. Meer
GebondenEngels9780367191962
1-7-2022
features chapters by a group of scholars and performers of varied backgrounds and specialties The premise of the volume is the idea that constructive dialogue between musicologists and musicians, stage directors and theater historians, as well as philologists and literary critics, can shed new light on Monteverdi’s two Venetian operas. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367229504
5-2-2019
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. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367229559
7-2-2019
This book explores how the Enlightenment aesthetics of theater as a moral institution influenced cultural politics and operatic developments in Vienna between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367231927
7-2-2019
Opera has been performed in Australia for more than two hundred years, yet none of the operas written before the Second World War have become part of the repertoire. Meer
GebondenEngels9780754667186
18-9-2013
Filmmakers' fascination with opera dates back to the silent era but it was not until the late 1980s that critical enquiries into the intersection of opera and cinema began to emerge. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367889784
12-12-2019
Nineteenth-century French grand opera was a musical and cultural phenomenon with an important and widespread transnational presence in Europe. Primary attention in the major studies of the genre has so far been on the Parisian context for which the majority of the works were originally written. Meer
GebondenEngels9780367553920
16-9-2021
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 digital scenography across different digitally enhanced opera productions. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367777753
1-4-2021
On 10 December 1910, Giacomo Puccini’s seventh opera, La fanciulla del West, had its premiere before a sold-out audience at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House. Meer
GebondenEngels9780367479220
13-10-2020
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. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367698096
29-8-2022
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 processes that guide them. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367597122
30-6-2020
The study of the business of opera has taken on new importance in the present harsh economic climate for the arts. This book presents research that sheds new light on a range of aspects concerning marketing, audience development, promotion, arts administration and economic issues that beset professionals working in the opera world. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367539641
29-4-2022
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. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367784027
31-3-2021
Music and space in the early modern world shaped each other in profound ways, and this is particularly apparent when considering Rome, a city that defined itself as the "grande teatro del mondo". Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367597429
30-6-2020
Why, in the dying days of the Napoleonic Empire, did half of Paris turn out for the funeral of a composer? The death of André Ernest Modeste Grétry in 1813 was one of the sensations of the age, setting off months of tear-stained commemorations, reminiscences and revivals of his work. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780367727222
31-3-2021
The epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, attributed to Homer, are among the oldest surviving works of literature derived from oral performance. Deeply embedded in these works is the notion that they were intended to be heard: there is something musical about Homer's use of language and a vivid quality to his images that transcends the written page to create a theatrical experience for the listener. Meer
GebondenEngels9780754666707
28-1-2012
What is it about musical theatre that audiences find entertaining? What are the features that lead to its ability to stimulate emotional attachment, to move and to give pleasure? Meer
GebondenEngels9780754669890
28-3-2011
The representation of non-Western cultures in opera has long been a focus of critical inquiry. Within this field, the diverse relationships between opera and First Nations and Indigenous cultures, however, have received far less attention. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781032184265
27-6-2025
This book offers an innovative approach to understanding operetta, drawing attention to its malleability and resistance to boundaries. The chapters on an international range of topics serve as summary of the current state of the field, showcasing the many possible pathways for future scholars who wish to explore it. Meer
GebondenEngels9781032861111
10-4-2026
Opera in Transnational Contexts sheds important light onto the travels of operatic works and the types of cultural exchanges that occurred as a result of the music, composers, singers, impresarios, and others moving from one locale to another between the late eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Meer