5,970円 Sentimental Opera is a study of the relationship between opera and two major phenomena of eighteenth-century European culture - the cult of sensibility and the emergence of bourgeois drama. A thorough examination of social and cultural contexts helps to explain the success of operas such as Paisi...

421円 Prosper Mérimée’s original novella that was famous adapted as an opera by Georges Bizet.

5,573円 David Beard presents the first definitive survey of Harrison Birtwistle's music for the opera house and theatre, from his smaller-scale works, such as Down by the Greenwood Side and Bow Down, to the full-length operas, such as Punch and Judy, The Mask of Orpheus and Gawain. Blending source study ...

1,280円 Richard Wagner remains, almost 130 years after his death, the most controversial composer in the history of music. Creator of huge and hugely ambitious operas, which have an immense immediate impact, as well as providing food for endless thought and discussion, Wagner has had an influence on many...

6,633円 Historians of French politics, art, philosophy and literature have long known the tensions and fascinations of Louis XV's reign, the 1750s in particular. David Charlton's study comprehensively re-examines this period, from Rameau to Gluck and elucidates the long-term issues surrounding opera. Tak...

10,777円 Leading scholars of opera and film explore the many ways these two seemingly unrelated genres have come together from the silent-film era to today.

1,591円 It started with a festival - three classic operas performed in a theatre in Toronto. But when it became apparent that there was a need for a national opera company, an organization was founded that would go on to become one of the largest performing arts organizations in the country. The Canadian...

421円 A comprehensive study of several great operas from the renowned musicologist Henry Edward Krehbiel. Includes in-depth analyses of: Il Bariere di Siviglia Le Nozze Di Figaro Die Zauberflöte Don Giovanni Fidelio Faust Mefistofele La Damnation de Faust La Traviata Aïda Der Freischütz Tannhäuser Tris...

1,408円 »›Komm in’s Offene, Freund!‹, rief der schwärmerische Hölderlin. Hans Neuenfels geht mit seinen ergreifenden Texten zur Musik ganz tief ins Innere.« Elke Heidenreich Hans Neuenfels ist nicht nur das „enfant terrible“ der deutschen Opernregie, dessen Inszenierungen regelmäßig heftige Kontroversen ...

1,294円 A comprehensive guide that includes Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Examples, and Burton D. Fisher's in depth and insightful Commentary and Analysis.

4,908円 Richard Strauss is a composer much loved among audiences throughout the world, both in the opera house and the concert hall. Despite this popularity, Strauss was for many years ignored by scholars, who considered his commercial success and his continued reliance on the tonal system to be liabilit...

5,573円 This 2003 Companion is a fascinating and accessible exploration of the world of grand opera. Through this volume a team of scholars and writers on opera examine those important Romantic operas which embraced the Shakespearean sweep of tragedy, history, love in time of conflict, and the struggle f...