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The Royal Opera House in the Twentieth Century

Author : Frances Donaldson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1448205522
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Opera House in the Twentieth Century written by Frances Donaldson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden is home of two of the most famous opera and ballet companies in the world. In this official history, Frances Donaldson discusses Covent Garden's many legendary achievements - Der Rosenkavalier with Lotte Lehmann, the unparalleled partnership of Fonteyn and Nureyev, the recent Otello with Domingo. She follows the attitude of the English to opera and their Opera House, and the crusade for opera to be sung in English. She looks at the internal politics and at the often charismatic personalities who have worked at the Opera House: Thomas Beecham, George Solti, Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Ninette de Valois and Frederick Ashton. Underlying the story, despite the many successful seasons, are the ever-present problems of financial support and uncertainty of the future. The history is superbly well-documented from the Royal Opera House archives. Comments from journalists of the time -whose critical reviews sometimes led to singers of international acclaim refusing to return to Covent Garden - lend spice to this fine analysis of administrative and artistic management at the Garden.

Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre

Author : Colin Chambers
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1847140017
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre by : Colin Chambers

Download or read book Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre written by Colin Chambers and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-05-14 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International in scope, this book is designed to be the pre-eminent reference work on the English-speaking theatre in the twentieth century. Arranged alphabetically, it consists of some 2500 entries written by 280 contributors from 20 countries which include not only top-level experts, but, uniquely, leading professionals from the world of theatre. A fascinating resource for anyone interested in theatre, it includes: - Overviews of major concepts, topics and issues; - Surveys of theatre institutions, countries, and genres; - Biographical entries on key performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers and composers; - Articles by leading professionals on crafts, skills and disciplines including acting, design, directing, lighting, sound and voice.

Covent Garden

Author : Norman Lebrecht
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555534882
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Covent Garden written by Norman Lebrecht and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2001 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turbulent story of one of Britain's most famous concert halls.

A Twentieth-Century Life

Author : Frances Donaldson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1448204496
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book A Twentieth-Century Life written by Frances Donaldson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992, this is the story of Frances Donaldson and a wonderfully multi-faceted life. As the daughter of the playwright Frederick Lonsdale, she grew up in the frivolous world of 1920s cafe society, yet she became a committed socialist. As the wife of Lord Donaldson, who was on the board of both London opera houses and was subsequently Minister for the Arts, she was at the centre of cultural life in Britain. Yet for many years she had been a farmer, since, during the Second World War, alone and with no experience, she was determined to make a go of it. Her first two books, both highly successful, were about farming; they were followed by a portrait of Evelyn Waugh, a biography of her father, and biographies of Edward VIII and P.O. Wodehouse, whom she knew as a child. Populated by characters as diverse as Waugh and Frederick Ashton, Tony Crosland and Ann Fleming, this delightful, highly personal memoir reflects the dramatically changing times which have shaped Frances Donaldson's fascinating life.

The Royal Opera House Guidebook

Author : Royal Opera House
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783194553
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Opera House Guidebook written by Royal Opera House and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Royal Opera House, its history, performance, architecture and backstage.

The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera

Author : Mervyn Cooke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139826344
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera by : Mervyn Cooke

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera written by Mervyn Cooke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-12-08 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion celebrates the extraordinary riches of the twentieth-century operatic repertoire in a collection of specially commissioned essays written by a distinguished team of academics, critics and practitioners. Beginning with a discussion of the century's vital inheritance from late-romantic operatic traditions in Germany and Italy, the text embraces fresh investigations into various aspects of the genre in the modern age, with a comprehensive coverage of the work of individual composers from Debussy and Schoenberg to John Adams and Harrison Birtwistle. Traditional stylistic categorizations (including symbolism, expressionism, neo-classicism and minimalism) are reassessed from new critical perspectives, and the distinctive operatic traditions of Continental and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and United States are subjected to fresh scrutiny. The volume includes essays devoted to avant-garde music theatre, operettas and musicals, filmed opera, and ends with a discussion of the position of the genre in today's cultural marketplace.

Twentieth-Century British Authors and the Rise of Opera in Britain

Author : Irene Morra
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317005856
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Twentieth-Century British Authors and the Rise of Opera in Britain written by Irene Morra and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to examine in depth the contributions of major British authors such as W. H. Auden and E. M. Forster, as critics and librettists, to the rise of British opera in the twentieth century. The perceived literary values of British authors, as much as the musical innovations of British composers, informed the aesthetic development of British opera. Indeed, British opera emerged as a simultaneously literary and musical project. Too often, operatic adaptations are compared superficially to their original sources. This is a particular problem for British opera, which has become increasingly defined artistically by the literary sophistication of its narrative sources. The resulting collaborations between literary figures and composers have crucial implications for the development of both opera and literature. Twentieth-Century British Authors and the Rise of Opera in Britain reveals the importance of this literary involvement in operatic adaptation to literature and literary studies, to music and musicology, and to cultural and theoretical studies.

Twenty-five Years of Opera and Ballet, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House

Author : Royal Opera House (London, England)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Twenty-five Years of Opera and Ballet, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House written by Royal Opera House (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Twentieth Century Actor Training

Author : Alison Hodge
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415194512
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Twentieth Century Actor Training written by Alison Hodge and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SECOND EDITION OF THIS TITLE, ENTITLED ACTOR TRAINING, IS NOW AVAILABLE. Actor training is arguably the central phenomenon of twentieth century theatre making. Here for the first time, the theories, training exercises and productions of fourteen directors are analysed in a single volume, each one written by a leading expert. The practitioners included are: * Stella Adler * Bertolt Brecht * Joseph Chaikin * Jacques Copeau * Joan Littlewood * Vsevelod Meyerhold * Konstantin Stanislavsky * Eugenio Barba * Peter Brook * Michael Chekhov * Jerzy Grotowski * Sanford Meisner * Wlodimierz Staniewski * Lee Strasbourg Each chapter provides a unique account of specific training exercises and an analysis of their relationship to the practitioners theoretical and aesthetic concerns. The collection examines the relationship between actor training and production and considers how directly the actor training relates to performance. With detailed accounts of the principles, exercises and their application to many of the landmark productions of the past hundred years, this book will be invaluable to students, teachers, practitioners, and academics alike.

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century

Author : Caitlin Vincent
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000440737
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century written by Caitlin Vincent and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The book then investigates the impacts and potential disruptions of digital scenography on opera’s longstanding production conventions, both on and off the stage. Drawing on interviews with major industry practitioners, including Paul Barritt, Mark Grimmer, Donald Holder, Elaine J. McCarthy, Luke Halls, Wendall K. Harrington, Finn Ross, S. Katy Tucker, and Victoria ‘Vita’ Tzykun, author Caitlin Vincent identifies key correlations between the use of digital scenography in practice and subsequent impacts on creative hierarchies, production design processes, and organisational management. The book features detailed case studies of digitally enhanced productions premiered by Dutch National Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, Opéra de Lyon, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, The Metropolitan Opera, Victorian Opera, and Washington National Opera.

The Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-century British Literature

Author : Ashley Dawson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415572452
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-century British Literature written by Ashley Dawson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-Century British Literature Ashley Dawson identifies the key British writers and texts, shaped by era-defining cultural and historical events and movements from the period. He provides: Analysis of works by a diverse range of influential authors Examination of the cultural and literary impact of crucial historical, social, political and cultural events Discussion of Britain's imperial status in the century and the diversification of the nation through Black and Asian British Literature Readers are also provided with a comprehensive timeline, a glossary of terms, further reading and explanatory text boxes featuring further information on key figures and events.

Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Harpists

Author : Wenonah M. Govea
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313369461
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Harpists written by Wenonah M. Govea and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-06-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harp is both the oldest and the newest of instruments. It has existed in some form in nearly all cultures since man has made music. The contemporary concert instrument has been known since the mid-19th century. This work is a compendium of the biographies of many notable harpists of the modern era. The biographies make clear how these performers shaped the contrasts in style and technique of harp playing that have developed over the past 150 years, as cultural, social, and psychological forces influenced individual performance. In addition to the biographical information, the A-Z entries include critical reviews, discographies, and selected bibliographies where possible. New material from the former Soviet states is included.

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...

Author : Rossiter Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ... written by Rossiter Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Twentieth Century Cyclopedia

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Twentieth Century Cyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists

Author : Mark Bryant
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100059940X
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists written by Mark Bryant and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British cartoonists and caricaturists are renowned worldwide. Originally published in 2000, this indispensable handbook offers a unique ‘who’s who’ of all the major artists working in Britain in the twentieth century and contains nearly 500 entries. Extensively illustrated, the book provides information on the work of artists such as Steve Bell, Gerald Scarfe, Posy Simmonds, Ronald Searle, Trog, mac and Larry as well as such past masters as David Low, Vicky, H. M. Bateman, Illingworth, Heath Robinson and more. The dictionary concentrates primarily on political cartoonists, caricaturists and joke or ‘gag’ cartoonists, actively working for the main Fleet Street national dailies and weeklies from 1900 to 1995. Each entry is cross-referenced and provides a concise biographical outline with an account of the artist’s style, influences and preferred medium. Where relevant the entry includes suggestions for further reading and notes solo exhibitions, books illustrated and works held in public collections. The Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists offers an insight into the lives of satirical artists working during a century that provoked cartoonists and caricaturists to a pitch of comic and artistic invention that has rarely been matched.

The Modern Brass Ensemble in Twentieth-Century Britain

Author : John Miller
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783277343
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Brass Ensemble in Twentieth-Century Britain written by John Miller and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study of the performance practice, repertoire and context of the modern 'brass ensemble' in the musical world.