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Author: Gesine Manuwald
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110317516
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Pages : 418
Category : Music
Languages : en
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Nero In Opera

by Gesine Manuwald, Nero In Opera Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Nero In Opera books, This book considers the story of Nero and Octavia, as told in the pseudo-Senecan Octavia and the works of ancient historiographers, and its reception in (early) modern opera and some related examples of other performative genres. In total the study assembles more than 30 performative texts (including 22 librettos), ranging chronologically from L'incoronazione di Poppea in 1642/43 until the early 20th century, and provides detailed information on all of them. In a close examination of the libretto (and dramatic) texts, the study shows the impact and development of this fascinating story from the beginnings of historical opera onwards. The volume demonstrates the various transformations of the characters of Nero and his wives and of the depiction of their relationship over the centuries, and it looks at the tension between “historical” elements and genre conventions. The book is therefore of relevance to literary scholars as well as to readers interested in the evolution of Nero’s image in present-day media.

Author: Marguerite Yourcenar
Publisher: Feltrinelli Editore
ISBN: 880781062X
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Pages : 304
Category : Fiction
Languages : it
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L Opera Al Nero

by Marguerite Yourcenar, L Opera Al Nero Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download L Opera Al Nero books,

Author: Matthew Boyden
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781858287492
Format: PDF, Mobi
Pages : 735
Category : Music
Languages : en
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The Rough Guide To Opera

by Matthew Boyden, The Rough Guide To Opera Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download The Rough Guide To Opera books, Sketches of opera composers, opera synopses, and CD reviews.

Author: Mitchell Cohen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691175020
Format: PDF, Docs
Pages : 512
Category : Music
Languages : en
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The Politics Of Opera

by Mitchell Cohen, The Politics Of Opera Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download The Politics Of Opera books, A wide-ranging look at the interplay of opera and political ideas through the centuries The Politics of Opera takes readers on a fascinating journey into the entwined development of opera and politics, from the Renaissance through the turn of the nineteenth century. What political backdrops have shaped opera? How has opera conveyed the political ideas of its times? Delving into European history and thought and an array of music by such greats as Lully, Rameau, and Mozart, Mitchell Cohen reveals how politics—through story lines, symbols, harmonies, and musical motifs—has played an operatic role both robust and sotto voce. Cohen begins with opera's emergence under Medici absolutism in Florence during the late Renaissance—where debates by humanists, including Galileo's father, led to the first operas in the late sixteenth century. Taking readers to Mantua and Venice, where composer Claudio Monteverdi flourished, Cohen examines how early operatic works like Orfeo used mythology to reflect on governance and policy issues of the day, such as state jurisdictions and immigration. Cohen explores France in the ages of Louis XIV and the Enlightenment and Vienna before and during the French Revolution, where the deceptive lightness of Mozart's masterpieces touched on the havoc of misrule and hidden abuses of power. Cohen also looks at smaller works, including a one-act opera written and composed by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Essential characters, ancient and modern, make appearances throughout: Nero, Seneca, Machiavelli, Mazarin, Fenelon, Metastasio, Beaumarchais, Da Ponte, and many more. An engrossing book that will interest all who love opera and are intrigued by politics, The Politics of Opera offers a compelling investigation into the intersections of music and the state.

Author: Matthew Boyden
Publisher:
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Pages : 715
Category : Opera
Languages : en
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Opera

by Matthew Boyden, Opera Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Opera books, Sketches of opera composers, opera synopses, and CD reviews.

Author: John Denison Champlin
Publisher:
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Pages :
Category : Music
Languages : en
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Naaman Zwillingsbr Der

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Category : Music
Languages : en
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The American History And Encyclopedia Of Music Operas

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Category : Music
Languages : en
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The American History And Encyclopedia Of Music Operas With Introd By H E Krehbiel

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Author: Franklin Mesa
Publisher: McFarland Publishing
ISBN:
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Pages : 466
Category : Music
Languages : en
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Opera

by Franklin Mesa, Opera Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Opera books, "This work includes entries for 1,153 first performances of operas from Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Russia. Entries offer details about key persons, arias, other significant performances, interesting facts, and date and location of each premiere.There is a biographical dictionary with 1,288 entries on historical and modern operatic singers"--Provided by publisher.

Author: Gladys Davidson
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Category : Operas
Languages : en
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Two Hundred Opera Plots

by Gladys Davidson, Two Hundred Opera Plots Books available in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Docs and Mobi Format. Download Two Hundred Opera Plots books,