A History of Opera
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Parker, Roger
- ISBN: 978-0-393-34895-8
- EAN: 9780393348958
- Produktnummer: 17569969
- Verlag: WW Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 656 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.0 cm x D4.6 cm 666 g
- Abbildungen: 24 pages of illustrations
- Gewicht: 666
Über den Autor
Carolyn Abbate, professor of music at Harvard University, is the author of Unsung Voices and In Search of Opera. She writes on film, philosophy, and opera and has also worked as a translator and dramaturge. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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