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Opera: Passion, Power and Politics - Hardcover

Bailey, Kate

 
9781851779284: Opera: Passion, Power and Politics
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1851779280 ISBN 13: 9781851779284
Verlag: Abrams & Chronicle, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Opera is traditionally regarded as an elitist art form, far removed from reality with its fantastical plots and melodramatic divas. This lush new book shows that beneath all the opulent sets and sumptuous costumes, opera like all the arts draws on essential human emotions, creating an experience that can be endlessly reinvented to reflect changes in society. Through the lens of seven opera premieres in seven cities across the past 400 years, the authors look at snapshots in time where politics, art, and social history intersected, providing an immersive account of the society from which these pieces and performances evolved. Noted opera designers, performers, conductors, singers, and directors come together with musicologists and historians to discuss the following premieres:
 
Venice, Monteverdi s L Incoronazione di Poppea (1642)
London, Handel s Rinaldo (1711)
Vienna, Mozart s The Marriage of Figaro (1786)
Milan, Verdi s Nabucco (1842)
Paris, Wagner s Tannhäuser (1861)
Dresden, Strauss Salome (1905)
St Petersburg, Shostakovitch s Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (1934)
 
This book will fascinate seasoned opera goers and history buffs alike.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kate Bailey is senior curator of design and scenography in the Theatre and Performance department of Victoria and Albert Museum.

Kasper Holten is director of opera, Royal Opera House, London.

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Opera is traditionally regarded as an elitist art form far removed from reality by its fantastical plots and melodramatic divas. This book shows that beneath the opulent sets and sumptuous costumes, opera is very much a product of its time. Like all the great narrative arts, it draws on essential human experiences to create a form that can be endlessly reinvented to reflect a changing society.Focusing on seven opera premieres in seven distinct cultural landscapes, with additional essays by contemporary practitioners including Placido Domingo, Antonio Pappano and Simone Young, the book culminates in the international explosion of opera in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The seven operas and premieres are: Venice (Monteverdi's L'Incoranazione di Poppea, 1642);London (Handel's Rinaldo, 1711); Vienna (Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, 1786); Milan (Verdi's Nabucco, 1842); Paris (Wagner's Tannhauser, 1861); Dresden (Strauss' Salome, 1905) and St Petersburg (Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, 1934)

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Verlag
Abrams & Chronicle
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1851779280
ISBN 13 
9781851779284
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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