The Autumn Of Italian Opera
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Author |
: Alan Mallach |
Publisher |
: UPNE |
Total Pages |
: 516 |
Release |
: 2007-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1555536832 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781555536831 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Autumn of Italian Opera by : Alan Mallach
The first full-length study of the last great era of Italian opera
Author |
: Tim Carter |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190247942 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190247940 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Understanding Italian Opera by : Tim Carter
Opera has long fascinated creative artists and audiences alike. It is often regarded as the pinnacle of high art, yet it is also shrouded in mystique. Understanding Italian Opera unravels its many layers by looking closely at five of the most enduring and emblematic Italian operas from Monteverdi to Puccini.
Author |
: David R. B. Kimbell |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 708 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521466431 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521466431 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Italian Opera by : David R. B. Kimbell
David Kimbell traces the history of Italian opera from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century.
Author |
: David Kimbell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 684 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:474195324 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Italian Opera by : David Kimbell
Author |
: Karyl Charna Lynn |
Publisher |
: Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages |
: 366 |
Release |
: 2005-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781461706786 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1461706785 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Italian Opera Houses and Festivals by : Karyl Charna Lynn
Italian Opera in the 18th and 19th centuries was an experience unequaled anywhere else in the world. The unique emotion, flavor, and passion that existed have yet to be attained in any other country. Opera houses in Italy are the birthplace of this great art form. They represent its beauty and richness. More than just concrete, stone, glass, and wood, they are alive, each with a character and history of its own. This work recreates the social, political, architectural, and performance histories of each house by including eyewitness accounts from Italian newspapers, journals, and books of the time. It covers more than 50 Italian opera houses and festivals, organized by their city of origin and geographic region. Each chapter is a journey back in time, beginning with the first theaters and performances in the city and concluding with an architectural description of the principal theater and a practical information guide for visitors (including hotel recommendations). The operatic activities of the main theater, including inaugurations, important performances, and world premieres, are also covered. A photospread, along with brief descriptions of opera-related sites, including the birthplaces, dwellings, and museums of Italy's greatest composers, give an even more complete portrait of the art.
Author |
: William James Henderson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 1911 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105042728357 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by : William James Henderson
Author |
: William James Henderson |
Publisher |
: London : John Murray |
Total Pages |
: 243 |
Release |
: 1911 |
ISBN-10 |
: LCCN:11007306 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by : William James Henderson
Author |
: Raymond Fearn |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2014-06-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134419258 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134419252 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Italian Opera Since 1945 by : Raymond Fearn
First published in 1988. Italy, the birthplace of opera in the late sixteenth century, has in recent decades seen remarkable and vital musical growth, with composers as diverse as Luciano Berio and Nino Rota, Luigi Nono and Sylvano Bussotti, Giacomo Manzoni, Bruno Maderna and Salvatore Sciarrino. The musical theatre has figured prominently in the work of Italian composers during this period, ranging from operas conceived in a traditional mode to works of a Music Theatre variety, and in style from popular to avant-garde. In this book Raymond Fearn surveys this Italian musico-theatrical phenomenon in the period since the Second World War, examining a wide range of works such as Nono's Intolleranza and Al Gran Sole Carico d'Amore, Berio's Passaggio and Un re in ascolto, Manzoni's Atomtod and La Sentenza and Castiglioni's Oberon and The King's Masque, and places these developments within a cultural and theatrical context
Author |
: Philip Gossett |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 699 |
Release |
: 2008-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226304885 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226304884 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Divas and Scholars by : Philip Gossett
Winner of the 2007 Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society and the 2007 Deems Taylor Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. Divas and Scholars is a dazzling and beguiling account of how opera comes to the stage, filled with Philip Gossett’s personal experiences of triumphant—and even failed—performances and suffused with his towering and tonic passion for music. Writing as a fan, a musician, and a scholar, Gossett, the world's leading authority on the performance of Italian opera, brings colorfully to life the problems, and occasionally the scandals, that attend the production of some of our most favorite operas. Gossett begins by tracing the social history of nineteenth-century Italian theaters in order to explain the nature of the musical scores from which performers have long worked. He then illuminates the often hidden but crucial negotiations opera scholars and opera conductors and performers: What does it mean to talk about performing from a critical edition? How does one determine what music to perform when multiple versions of an opera exist? What are the implications of omitting passages from an opera in a performance? In addition to vexing questions such as these, Gossett also tackles issues of ornamentation and transposition in vocal style, the matters of translation and adaptation, and even aspects of stage direction and set design. Throughout this extensive and passionate work, Gossett enlivens his history with reports from his own experiences with major opera companies at venues ranging from the Metropolitan and Santa Fe operas to the Rossini Opera Festival at Pesaro. The result is a book that will enthrall both aficionados of Italian opera and newcomers seeking a reliable introduction to it—in all its incomparable grandeur and timeless allure.
Author |
: Alan Mallach |
Publisher |
: UPNE |
Total Pages |
: 428 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1555535240 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781555535247 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pietro Mascagni and His Operas by : Alan Mallach
Just twenty-six when the electrifying premiere of his Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome catapulted the impoverished musician into sudden fame and fortune, Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) went on to write fifteen more operas, including L'Amico Fritz, Guglielmo Ratcliff, Iris, Parisina, and Il Piccolo Marat. With privileged access to extensive primary sources, including Mascagni's 4,200 letters to Anna Lolli, his mistress for more than three decades, author Alan Mallach provides a compelling portrait of a flamboyant, combative, and emotional man who was passionately devoted to the Italian opera tradition and committed to innovation in musical language and dramatic form. Deftly combining serious biography with critical commentary, Mallach begins with the captivating story of Mascagni's rags-to-riches adventure, from his birth in Livorno in Tuscany, to his musical studies first with Alfredo Soffredini and later at the Milan Conservatory, to his years as a vagabond musician, to the worldwide success of his breakthrough opera. He then traces Mascagni's private and professional life after Cavalleria, examining a prolific yet controversial career that was forever overshadowed by the work that unexpectedly thrust him into the limelight. Mallach provides a full analysis of Mascagni's oeuvre and discusses his complex relationships with such Italian cultural and political figures as Edoardo Sonzogno, Giacomo Puccini, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Luigi Illica, and Benito Mussolini. He also thoroughly chronicles Mascagni's bouts with manic depression, his marriage to Lina and devotion to their three children, his grueling schedule of concert and operatic tours, his patriotism and bitter opposition to Italy's involvement in both world wars, and his passionate love affair with Anna Lolli. This richly textured biography will appeal to fans of the still beloved and popular Cavalleria, and it will introduce opera enthusiasts to the power, intensity, and melodic beauty of the brilliant composer's many other significant works.