Download or read book Opera s Second Death written by Slavoj Zizek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opera's Second Death is a passionate exploration of opera - the genre, its masterpieces, and the nature of death. Using a dazzling array of tools, Slavoj Zizek and coauthor Mladen Dolar explore the strange compulsions that overpower characters in Mozart and Wagner, as well as our own desires to die and to go to the opera.
Download or read book A SECOND BOOK OF OPERAS written by HENRY EDWARD KREHBIEL and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Second Book of Operas written by Henry Edward Krehbiel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Random House Book of Opera Stories written by and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capture the excitement of a night at the opera with this stunning collection of eight favorite opera stories, each illustrated by a different artist.The Magic FluteAidaCarmenThe Cunning Little VixenTurandotCinderellaHansel & GretelThe Love for Three Oranges
Download or read book A Second Book Of Operas written by Henry Edward Krehbiel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Second Book of Operas" is a literary work authored by Henry Edward Krehbiel, a respected American music critic and historian. The book under consideration constitutes a significant scholarly contribution to the domain of music criticism and analysis, as it offers readers a comprehensive examination of diverse operas and their respective composers. Krehbiel's profound knowledge and mastery of music becomes apparent as he skillfully guides readers through a compelling exploration of the realm of opera. Within this particular volume, the author presents comprehensive analyses of many operas, so providing insights into their historical backdrop, librettos, and musical arrangements. The author's analytical methodology enables readers to acquire a more profound comprehension of the artistic processes underlying these renowned musical and dramatic compositions. In the book "A Second Book of Operas," Krehbiel effectively conveys his fervent enthusiasm for and extensive expertise in the realm of opera, so rendering it comprehensible to a wide-ranging audience. The author's perceptive evaluations and vivid portrayals serve to both instruct and captivate, rendering the book an indispensable reference for aficionados of opera and scholars of music alike. Krehbiel's body of work serves as evidence of his dedication to fostering a heightened recognition and admiration for opera as a medium of artistic expression.
Download or read book A Second Book of Operas written by Edward Henry Krehbiel and published by . This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Grove Book of Operas written by Stanley Sadie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-06 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Grove Book of Operas is the ideal difference for the opera lover. First published in 1996 to great critical and popular success, it provides succinct yet insightful synopses of more than 250 operas. This second edition brings the book up to date with several recently composed operas, including John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer, Poul Ruders's A Handmaid's Tale, and Mark Adamo's Little Women." "The second edition features a new, more readable design, and is illustrated in both colour and black and white. New images cover the history of opera from reproductions of the earliest libretti, to portraits of singers from the earliest days of photography, to productions staged in 2005. And in a new introductory essay, scholar and dramaturg David Levin surveys contemporary trends in opera performance, identifying their ancestors in early and mid-20th century performance and examining the current intellectual and cultural context in which they flourish." "In addition to a full synopsis of every plot, there is a cast list and information about the first production, as well as a discussion of the opera's history and its literary and social background. The index of first lines of arias will help you find your favourite, and the index of role names will come to your rescue when programme notes or reviews tell you that 'he sang Colline at the Met in 1992'."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book A Second Book of Operas written by Henry Edward Krehbiel and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A Second Book of Operas' by Henry Edward Krehbiel is a collection of essays on various operas, including biblical and historical stories retold in operatic form. The book covers composers such as Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, and Verdi, as well as lesser-known works by Rubinstein and Mehul. Krehbiel explores the stories, music, and cultural significance of these operas, including the controversies and scandals surrounding their production. The book also includes an analysis of the works of Mascagni, Puccini, Strauss, Humperdinck, and Giordano, among others, providing a comprehensive overview of opera in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Download or read book Sing Me a Story written by Jane Rosenberg and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1996-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated retelling of the plots of fifteen well-known operas.
Download or read book A Book of Operas written by Henry Edward Krehbiel and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Last Operas and Plays written by Gertrude Stein and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1995-05-22 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When I see a thing it is not a play for me, but when I write something that somebody else can see then it is a play for me." —Gertrude Stein In the more than seventy-five plats Gertrude Stein wrote between 1913 and 1946, she envisioned a new dramaturgy, beginning with her pictorial conception of a play as a landscape. She drew into her plays the daily flow of life around her—including the natural world—and turned cities, villages, parts of the dramatic structure, and even her own friends into characters. She made punctuation and typography part of her compositional style and chose words for their joyful impact as sound andwordplay. For Strin, the writing process itself was always important in delevoping the "continuous present" at the heart of her work. Long out of print, Last Opera and Plays again makes available many of Stein's most important and most-produced works. As a special feature, it also included her thought-provoking essay "Plays," in which she reflects on the experience in the theater of seeing and hearing, and on emotion and time. "Now nearly a half century after her deathe," writes Bonnie Marranca in her introduction, "it is indisputable that Gertrude Stein is the great American modernist mind. No American author has been more influential for more generations of artists in the worlds of theater, dance, music, poetry, painting, and fiction."
Download or read book Phaidon Book of the Opera written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged chronologically with an index of operas and a separate index of composers, librettists and literary sources.
Download or read book The Grove Book of Opera Singers written by Laura Williams Macy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering over 1500 singers from the birth of opera to the present day, this marvelous volume will be an essential resource for all serious opera lovers and an indispensable companion to the enormously successful Grove Book of Operas. The most comprehensive guide to opera singers ever produced, this volume offers an alphabetically arranged collection of authoritative biographies that range from Marion Anderson (the first African American to perform at the Met) to Benedict Zak (the classical tenor and close friend and colleague of Mozart). Readers will find fascinating articles on such opera stars as Maria Callas and Enrico Caruso, Ezio Pinza and Fyodor Chaliapin, Lotte Lehmann and Jenny Lind, Lily Pons and Luciano Pavarotti. The profiles offer basic information such as birth date, vocal style, first debut, most memorable roles, and much more. But these articles often go well beyond basic biographical information to offer colorful portraits of the singer's personality and vocal style, plus astute evaluations of their place in operatic history and many other intriguing observations. Many entries also include suggestions for further reading, so that anyone interested in a particular performer can explore their life and career in more depth. In addition, there are indexes of singers by voice type and by opera role premiers. The articles are mostly drawn from the acclaimed Grove Music Online and have been fully revised, and the book is further supplemented by more than 40 specially commissioned articles on contemporary singers. A superb new guide from the first name in opera reference, The Grove Book of Opera Singers is a lively and authoritative work, beautifully illustrated with color and black-and-white pictures. It is an essential volume--and the perfect gift--for opera lovers everywhere.
Download or read book Ticket to the Opera written by Phil G. Goulding and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1999-08-31 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.
Download or read book The Story of a Hundred Operas written by Felix Mendelsohn and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Opera Cat written by Tess Weaver and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the opera diva Madame SoSo gets laryngitis, her singing cat Alma fills in for her.
Download or read book 2ND BK OF OPERAS THEIR HISTORI written by Henry Edward 1854-1923 Krehbiel and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
