Performing Arts : Opera

The Cambridge Mozart Encylopedia provides comprehensive coverage of Mozart's life, works, and the people and places which directly affected him. It includes a worklist which gives the most up-to-date account in English of the chronology of Mozart's compositions. An essential reference work for music lovers and music historians alike. more...

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An aesthetic, historical, and theoretical study of four scores, Russian Opera and the Symbolist Movement is a groundbreaking and imaginative treatment of the important yet neglected topic of Russian opera in the Silver Age. Spanning the gap between the supernatural Russian music of the nineteenth century and the compositions of Prokofiev and Stravinsky, this exceptionally insightful and well-researched book explores how Russian symbolist poets interpreted opera and prompted operatic innovation. more...

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A comprehensive guide to Bizet's CARMEN, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with French/English side-by side, and over 30 music highlight examples. more...

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Derived from the full Oxford Dictionary of Opera, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of opera available in paperback. Fully revised for this new edition, with over 3,500 entries on operas, composers, and performers, it is designed to be accessible to all those who enjoy opera, whether at the opera-house or at home. - ;Derived from the full Oxford Dictionary of Opera, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of opera available in paperback. Fully revised for this new edition, with over 3,500 entries, it is designed to be accessible to all those who enjoy opera, whether at the opera-house or on record. * Composers and their works. * Singers and their notable performances. * Plot summaries and separate entries for well-known roles, arias, and choruses. * Leading conductors, producers, and designers. * Opera companies and festivals - ;the most authoritative single-volume work of its kind - Independent on Sunday;an invaluable reference work - Gramophone more...

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Argues that "Tristan und Isolde" has profound religious meaning. Blending philosophy, criticism and musicology, the author shows the work is as relevant as it was to Wagner's contemporaries. His analysis touches on the nature of tragedy, the significance of ritual sacrifice, and the meaning of redemption. more...

Price: $35.00