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The Rainbow Opera

Author : Elizabeth Knox
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 9780571224562
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book The Rainbow Opera written by Elizabeth Knox and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treated as celebrities, the Dreamhunters catch larger-than-life dreams and relay them to audiences in the magnificent dream palace, The Rainbow Opera. Now, 15 year-old Laura and her cousin Rose are going to find out whether they are part of this prestigious group. But nothing in their darkest nightmares can prepare them for what they are about to discover. For within the Place lies a horrific secret kept hidden by corrupt members of the Government. And when Laura's father suddenly disappears, she realizes that this secret has the power to destroy everyone she loves.

The Opera

Author : R. A. Streatfeild
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Opera written by R. A. Streatfeild and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Opera" by R. A. Streatfeild. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

A Guide to the Opera

Author : Esther Singleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the Opera written by Esther Singleton and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Opera Book

Author : Gustav Kobbé
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Opera Book written by Gustav Kobbé and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the most comprehensive books ever written about opera. Not only does it contain stories of operas but also music from some of the famous arias. It is so well regarded that it has been updated many times, the latest being 1997. Mr Kobbe, unfortunately, died in an accident before the book was finished, but it was finished posthumously and the indices and photographs arranged for him.

Opera and Its Symbols

Author : Robert Donington
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300056617
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Opera and Its Symbols written by Robert Donington and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the use of symbolism in opera, interprets scenes from Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Stravinsky, and Britten, and stresses the importance of staging an opera in accord with the composer's intended use of symbols

First Nights at the Opera

Author : Thomas Forrest Kelly
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300115260
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book First Nights at the Opera written by Thomas Forrest Kelly and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned music scholar narrates the social history of European opera during its golden age in the 18th and 19th centuries by taking readers behind the scenes at the premiere performances of five extraordinary and influential operas. 88 illustrations.

The Electric Light

Author : Émile Alglave
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Electric Light written by Émile Alglave and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of Opera

Author : Carolyn Abbate
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393089533
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book A History of Opera written by Carolyn Abbate and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The best single volume ever written on the subject, such is its range, authority, and readability.”—Times Literary Supplement Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their “effervescent, witty” (Die Welt, Germany) retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the musical and dramatic means by which it communicates, and its role in society. Now with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century, this “lucid and sweeping” (Boston Globe) narrative explores the tensions that have sustained opera over four hundred years: between words and music, character and singer, inattention and absorption. Abbate and Parker argue that, though the genre’s most popular and enduring works were almost all written in a distant European past, opera continues to change the viewer— physically, emotionally, intellectually—with its enduring power.

The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera

Author : Rupert Christiansen
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571307833
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book The Faber Pocket Guide to Opera written by Rupert Christiansen and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of leading opera critic Rupert Christiansen's perennially popular Pocket Guide has between extensively revised, and incorporates many more operas from all periods, including recent works by Philip Glass, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thomas Adès and George Benjamin. Whether you are a first-timer at La Boheme or a seasoned Wagnerian, every opera-goer can benefit from a little background information, and this book aims to provide just that. Accessible and easy-to-use, it contains entries for over a hundred works, both familiar and unfamiliar.

The Enchanted Opera

Author : Novene Thomas
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1622129865
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book The Enchanted Opera written by Novene Thomas and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's show time at The Enchanted Opera. Maude is an opera singer whose voice has the talent to heal. On the night of an opera performance, she discovers that her human form has been transformed into a fairy, so she can no longer perform. Her rival, the opera singer Angelique, is a dark sprite who cast a fairy spell on Maude so she can't heal people anymore with her melodious voice. Angelique wants to receive all the attention at the theater herself, so she uses an ancient fairy spell to rid herself of Maude. For many years Maude tries to regain her natural human body. She asks for help from two other opera singers, Jeanette and Zelda, who are also chorus members of the local Baptist church. They use an ancient fairy book of spells to counteract the first spell, as they battle the force of dark sprites who work for Angelique. Will Maude get her body back and be able to use her healing voice once again? The show must go on, but who will be performing?

The Rainbow Trail

Author : Zane Grey's Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781687582621
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book The Rainbow Trail written by Zane Grey's Society and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rainbow Trail - Arizona Opera Commemorative Edition - is a special publication created through a partnership between the Arizona Opera and the Zane Grey's West Society in preparation for the re-release of the Riders of the Purple Sage Opera in the spring of 2020. The Rainbow Trail is Grey's sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage.

The Opera Lover's Companion

Author : Charles Osborne
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300123739
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book The Opera Lover's Companion written by Charles Osborne and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a well-known authority, this book consists of 175 entries that set some of the most popular operas within the context of their composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and more.

Ticket to the Opera

Author : Phil G. Goulding
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307761843
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Ticket to the Opera written by Phil G. Goulding and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 they immortalized, as well as pithy introductions to the greatest operas of Europe and America and their composers. The book's centerpiece is what Goulding terms "the collection"--85 classics, among them Aida, The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, and Madama Butterfly, that have been packing the world's opera houses for years. This entertaining, meticulously researched book also includes a fascinating chapter on American opera from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess to Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach and a discussion of the gems of twentieth-century opera featuring works like Leos Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen, Alban Berg's Lulu, and Serge Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges. Whether you're a curious neophyte, a music lover interested in branching out, or an aficionado eager to compare notes with a brilliant fellow opera buff, you'll prize Ticket to the Opera as an essential volume in your music library.

A Night at the Opera

Author : Sir Denis Forman
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0307807827
Total Pages : 980 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book A Night at the Opera written by Sir Denis Forman and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Delightful and anti-reverential”—Sunday Times (London) With an encyclopedic knowledge of opera and a delightful dash of irreverence, Sir Denis Forman throws open the world of opera—its structure, composers, conductors, and artists—in this hugely informative guide. A Night at the Opera dissects the eighty-three most popular operas recorded on compact disc, from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur to Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. For each opera, Sir Denis details the plot and cast of characters, awarding stars to parts that are “worth looking out for,” “really good,” or, occasionally, “stunning.” He goes on to tell the history of each opera and its early reception. Finally, each work is graded from alpha to gamma (although the Ring cycle gets an “X”), and Sir Denis has no qualms about voicing his opinion: the first act of Fidelio is “a bit of a mess,” while the last scene of Don Giovanni “towers above the comic finales of Figaro and Così and whether or not [it] is Mozart's greatest opera, it is certainly his most powerful finale.” The guide also presents brief biographies of the great composers, conductors, and singers. A glossary of musical terms is included, as well as Operatica, or the essential elements of opera, from the proper place and style of the audience's applause (and boos) to the use of subtitles. A Night at the Opera is for connoisseurs and neophytes alike. It will entertain and inform, delight and (perhaps) infuriate, providing a subject for lively debate and ready reference for years to come.

Women Opera Composers

Author : Mary F. McVicker
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786495138
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Women Opera Composers written by Mary F. McVicker and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of women in the opera is a grand story. Women were singers and patrons, of course, but from opera's beginnings in Renaissance Italy, they were also opera composers and librettists. At first it was exclusively for the nobility. In the 19th century, with the emergence of the middle class and the rise of nationalism, there were more public theaters and opera seemed to be everywhere. This meant more opportunities for composers, though men predominated. This book focuses on the women, from the 16th century to today, who had successful careers in opera, many of them well known in their time.

Queer Opera

Author : Andrew Sutherland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666906085
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Queer Opera written by Andrew Sutherland and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Queer Opera, Andrew Sutherland argues that operas often reflect characteristics of the society and epistime in which they are written but that they also do much more than that; operas have agency. LGBTQ+ social, cultural, and political issues have become an increasingly defining feature of twenty-first century life, and as agency for change, composers have turned to opera to underscore the lived queer experience. Sutherland posits that operas written before the sexual revolution of the mid-twentieth century utilized a codified language both in the libretto and score, communicating with those observers open to a queer reading. He explores the growing trend of local, small-scale, independent opera companies seen around the world towards the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century and argues that this has emboldened queer artists to reclaim opera as a queer space. He further argues that for several centuries, opera houses have been safe havens for queer composers, librettists, performers, and designers, and yet it is only relatively recently that any serious attempt at queer representation in operatic works has begun to be realized. In this book, he examines narratives and music of selected operas to walk through queer history in Western societies and shines a light on how many of opera’s well-known characters, based on historical figures who represent pivotal moments in the queer story, are responsible in a variety of ways for the continued struggle for queer acceptance.

Over the Rainbow

Author : Paul Nathanson
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791407097
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Over the Rainbow written by Paul Nathanson and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the Rainbow shows how Dorothy's passage from Kansas to Oz and back again recapitulates paradigmatic stories of both America and Christianity. Defining human identity on three symbolic levels (individual, collective, and cosmic), Nathanson shows that The Wizard of Oz has come to be a "secular myth."