Opera and Its Symbols: Unity of Words, Music and Staging - Hardcover

Donington O.B.E., Professor Robert

 
9780300047134: Opera and Its Symbols: Unity of Words, Music and Staging

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The author is a noted musicologist, performer, and writer, known for his book "Wagner's Ring and Its Symbols", and for his reference work "The Interpretation of Early Music". In this book, he discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. Only in this way, claims the author, can we be faithful to the conscious or unconscious symbolism invested in the work by the composer and librettist.

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The author is a noted musicologist, performer, and writer, known for his book "Wagner's Ring and Its Symbols", and for his reference work "The Interpretation of Early Music". In this book, he discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. Only in this way, claims the author, can we be faithful to the conscious or unconscious symbolism invested in the work by the composer and librettist.

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ISBN 10:  0300056613 ISBN 13:  9780300056617
Verlag: Yale University Press, New Haven..., 2009
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