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The Operatic Archive

Author : Colleen Renihan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429649134
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book The Operatic Archive written by Colleen Renihan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Operatic Archive: American Opera as History extends the growing interdisciplinary conversation in opera studies by drawing on new research in performance studies and the philosophy of history. Moving beyond traditional aesthetic conceptions of opera, this book argues for opera’s powerful potential for historical impact and engagement in late twentieth- and twenty-first-century works by American composers. Considering opera’s ability to serve as a vehicle for memory, historical experience, affect, presence, and the historical sublime, this volume demonstrates how opera’s ability to represent and evoke historical events and historical experience differs fundamentally from the representations and recreations of other modes (specifically, literary and dramatic representations). Building on the work of performance scholars such as Joseph Roach, Rebecca Schneider, and Diana Taylor, and in consultation with recent debates in the philosophy of history, the book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and researchers, particularly those working in the areas of opera studies and performance studies.

Opera 101

Author : Fred Plotkin
Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Opera 101 written by Fred Plotkin and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an opera insider and featuring an introduction by Placido Domingo, here is a thorough, friendly, and truly complete guide to learning how to love and appreciate the opera. After a brief history of opera, the book includes a guide to operatic terms, a minute-by-minute listener's guide to 11 central works, a list of recommended books and recordings and much more.

Reminiscences of the Opera

Author : Benjamin Lumley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences of the Opera written by Benjamin Lumley and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of the director of Her Majesty's Theatre, London.

A Concise History of Opera

Author : Leslie Orrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of Opera written by Leslie Orrey and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Victrola Book of the Opera

Author : Samuel Holland Rous
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victrola Book of the Opera written by Samuel Holland Rous and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Soap Opera Encyclopedia

Author : Gerard J. Waggett
Publisher : Avon
ISBN 13 : 9780061011573
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book The Soap Opera Encyclopedia written by Gerard J. Waggett and published by Avon. This book was released on 1997-10-03 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating trivia, inside stories, history, nostalgia -- an in-depth look at every daytime soap opera on TV! A unique look at TV's most endearing kind of show, The Soap Opera Encyclopedia is a must-have for any soap fan. Readers will find the history and stars of all the shows, including backstage anecdotes,year-by-year ratings and a who's who with cast lists of all the featured actors and behind-the-scenes personalities. Comprehensive and completely accessible, The Soap Opera Encyclopedia is the one and only reference to nearly 100 soaps from the first 50 years of TV. Discover: Which former General Hospital star's face was once insured for one million dollars. What Days of Our Lives love theme became a hit single What film legend once wrote Guiding Light a fan letter Which role on All My Children Susan Lucci originally auditioned for Which scene from The Young and the Restless was named 1985's Most Tasteless Episode by Soap Opera Digest And so much more!

The Castrati In Opera

Author : Angus Heriot
Publisher : Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Castrati In Opera written by Angus Heriot and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1974-09-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Opera For Dummies

Author : David Pogue
Publisher : For Dummies
ISBN 13 : 9780764550102
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Opera For Dummies written by David Pogue and published by For Dummies. This book was released on 1997-09-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pogue is a wonderful teacher… He can teach anybody.” — Gay Talese, bestselling author of Honor Thy Father “Scott Speck is a great communicator of classical music…. Concert audiences and readers alike can’t help getting caught up in the joy of his subject.” — David Styers, American Symphony Orchestra League Opera is weird. Everybody wears makeup and sings all the time. Even when they’re singing your language, which is rare, you still can’t understand the words. Women play men, men play women, and 45-year-olds play teenagers. All the main characters seem to get killed off. And when somebody dies, he takes ten minutes to sing about it. Yet, for all its weirdness, an operatic experience is an experience in breathtaking beauty. When you hear a soprano float a soft high C, or a tenor singing a love song, or a full-throated chorus in the climax of a scene’s dramatic finale, you can’t help getting goosebumps. Want to experience all that beauty for yourself, but don’t know where to begin? Opera For Dummies is an excellent place to start. Written by an acclaimed conductor and a musical director, this friendly guide tells you what you need to know to: Understand opera from the Baroque and Roman periods through today Interpret characters, orchestra, chorus, and other players Understand what’s happening, both on stage and off Choose the best seats Identify famous operas Build a great collection of opera recordings Locate opera sites and chat groups online Whether you’re interested in attending a live opera, want to build a collection of recordings, or just want to be able to talk about opera intelligently, Opera For Dummies is for you. Among other things, you’ll explore: The words, the music, and the people who sing it The history of opera and the lives of the great composers Going to the opera — including tips for getting tickets, preparing for the opera, dressing for the opera, and more Musical and theatrical conventions used in opera In-depth synopses of the world’s most beloved operas On the bonus CD you’ll find: More than 60 minutes of music compiled especially for the book A multimedia piece for PC or MAC Wonder what it is about opera that can make a grown person cry like a baby? Find out in Opera For Dummies.

The Complete Opera Book

Author : Gustav Kobbé
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1020 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Opera Book written by Gustav Kobbé and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Charles Garnier's Paris Opéra

Author : Christopher Curtis Mead
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Charles Garnier's Paris Opéra written by Christopher Curtis Mead and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By making systematic use of the mostly unpublished Opera Archive, Mead fills in the missing links to previous investigations and unlocks the significance of this seminal masterpiece.

Screening the Operatic Stage

Author : Christopher Morris
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226831299
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Screening the Operatic Stage written by Christopher Morris and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the early days of radio broadcast to today's recorded simulcasts and live online productions, opera houses have embraced technology as a way to reach new audiences. But how do these new forms of remediated opera extend, amplify, or undermine production values, and what does the audience gain or lose in the process? In Screening the Operatic Stage, Christopher Morris critically examines the cultural implications of opera's engagement with screen media. Foregrounding a playful exchange and self-awareness between stage and screen, Screening the Operatic Stage analyzes how opera sees itself on video. Morris uses the conceptual tools of media theory to understand the historical and contemporary screen cultures that have transmitted the opera house into living rooms, onto desktops and portable devices, and across networks of movie theaters. These screen cultures reveal how inherently "technological" opera is as a medium, begging the question of whether it can be understood independently of technology. Ultimately, Screening the Operatic Stage shows how the technologies of televisual representation employed in opera reinforce its audience's expectations for the genre"--

Wayang

Author : Kuan Wah Pitt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Wayang written by Kuan Wah Pitt and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Young Person's Guide to the Opera

Author : Anita Ganeri
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152164980
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book The Young Person's Guide to the Opera written by Anita Ganeri and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the world of opera told through words, pictures, and music.

The Opera Stage of Sarah Caldwell

Author : Kristina Bendikas
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476639256
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Opera Stage of Sarah Caldwell written by Kristina Bendikas and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Caldwell, the leader of the Opera Company of Boston from 1958-1990, was a groundbreaking and idiosyncratic woman who established her own career as a conductor and stage director in an environment resistant to change. This book investigates her choices as an opera director, her influences, her philosophies, and her methods, and situates her work within the history of opera in America. Though she is remembered primarily as a conductor, her passion, and her greater influence on American opera, was through stage directing. With a repertoire that included ground-breaking interpretations of works such as Nono's Intolleranza 1960, Prokofiev's War and Peace, and Bernstein's Mass, Caldwell continually pushed her own artistic limits, provoked critics, intrigued audiences, and challenged the status quo of opera production. Her passion for opera, her creative use of new technology and her influence in bringing opera to all sectors of American society, culminated in 1997 when she was awarded the National Medal of Arts for her work as a pioneering woman in the American musical landscape, and a tireless and innovative arts entrepreneur.

The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon

Author : Cormac Newark
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197510558
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon written by Cormac Newark and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opera has always been a vital and complex mixture of commercial and aesthetic concerns, of bourgeois politics and elite privilege. In its long heyday in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it came to occupy a special place not only among the arts but in urban planning, too this is, perhaps surprisingly, often still the case. The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon examines how opera has become the concrete edifice it was never meant to be, by tracing its evolution from a market entirely driven by novelty to one of the most canonic art forms still in existence. Throughout the book, a lively assembly of musicologists, historians, and industry professionals tackle key questions of opera's past, present, and future. Why did its canon evolve so differently from that of concert music? Why do its top ten titles, all more than a century old, now account for nearly a quarter of all performances worldwide? Why is this system of production becoming still more top-heavy, even while the repertory seemingly expands, notably to include early music? Topics range from the seventeenth century to the present day, from Russia to England and continental Europe to the Americas. To reflect the contested nature of many of them, each is addressed in paired chapters. These complement each other in different ways: by treating the same geographical location in different periods, by providing different national or regional perspectives on the same period, or by thinking through similar conceptual issues in contrasting or changing contexts. Posing its questions in fresh, provocative terms, The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon challenges scholarly assumptions in music and cultural history, and reinvigorates the dialogue with an industry that is, despite everything, still growing.

Television Opera

Author : Jennifer Barnes
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9780851159126
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Television Opera written by Jennifer Barnes and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book contrasts the buoyant initial intentions of television's policy makers and creative advisers with the subsequent inability (for various reasons) to deliver as intended. The decline in the relationship between television and its commissioned operas is charted through three case studies: Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors (NBC), Britten's Owen Wingrave (BBC), and Gerald Barry's The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit (Channel 4) - the first a live broadcast, the second a video recording, and the third a filmed opera made for television."--Jacket.

Summa Theologiae Prima Pars, 50-119

Author : St. Thomas Aquinas
Publisher : Emmaus Academic
ISBN 13 : 1623401070
Total Pages : 1734 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Summa Theologiae Prima Pars, 50-119 written by St. Thomas Aquinas and published by Emmaus Academic. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 1734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most important work of the towering intellectual of the Middle Ages, Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae remains one of the great seminal works of philosophy and theology, while extending to subjects as diverse as law and government, sacraments and liturgy, and psychology and ethics. Aquinas begins his famous Summa Theologiae by getting right to the heart of what every person longs to see: the face of God. With Latin and English side-by-side, this edition is perfect for students, teachers, pastors, or anyone wanting to have a deeper understanding of God.