Author: Mary Watkins CushingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Behind the Scenes at the Opera
Author: Mary Watkins CushingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Phantom of the Opera
Author: Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema
ISBN: 9781493047932
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This beautiful, official and fully authorized book explores The Phantom of the Opera from its inception to the present day, with unparalleled insight and authority.
Backstage at the Revolution
Author: Victoria JohnsonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226401952
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
On July 14, 1789, a crowd of angry French citizens en route to the Bastille broke into the Paris Opera and helped themselves to any sturdy weapon they could find. Yet despite its long association with the royal court, its special privileges, and the splendor of its performances, the Opera itself was spared, even protected, by Revolutionary officials. Victoria Johnson’s Backstage at the Revolution tells the story of how this legendary opera house, despite being a lightning rod for charges of tyranny and waste, weathered the most dramatic political upheaval in European history. Sifting through royal edicts, private letters, and Revolutionary records of all kinds, Johnson uncovers the roots of the Opera’s survival in its identity as a uniquely privileged icon of French culture—an identity established by the conditions of its founding one hundred years earlier under Louis XIV. Johnson’s rich cultural history moves between both epochs, taking readers backstage to see how a motley crew of singers, dancers, royal ministers, poet entrepreneurs, shady managers, and the king of France all played a part in the creation and preservation of one of the world’s most fabled cultural institutions.
Backstage at the Opera
Author: Sarah LentonPublisher: Robson Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Chronicles the production of Handel's Xerxes at the English National Opera.
Fortissimo
Author: William MurrayPublisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This insider look at what it takes to make it in the world of opera is unveiled through the lives of 12 young singers at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
There's a Sea in My Bedroom
Author: Margaret WildPublisher: Picture Puffin
ISBN: 9780143501671
Category : Fear
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
David is frightened of the sea. He does not like it at all, not one bit. One day he finds a conch shell at the beach and takes it home. He can hear the sea trapped inside. 'Come out, sea, come out,' he says softly. 'I won't hurt you.' This beautifully illustrated story takes the reader into a child's fantasy world.
From the Score to the Stage
Author: Evan Baker (Opera historian)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780226035086
Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Without scenery, costumes, and stage action, an opera would be little more than a concert. But in the audience, we know little (and think less) about the enormous efforts of those involved in bringing an opera to life--by the stagehands who shift scenery, the scenic artists who create beautiful backdrops, the electricians who focus the spotlights, and the stage manager who calls them and the singers to their places during the performance. The first comprehensive history of the behind-the-scenes world of opera production and staging, From the Score to the Stage follows the evolution of visual style and set design in continental Europe from its birth in the seventeenth century up to today. In clear, witty prose, Evan Baker covers all the major players and pieces involved in getting an opera onto the stage, from the stage director who creates the artistic concept for the production and guides the singers' interpretation of their roles to the blocking of singers and placement of scenery. He concentrates on the people--composers, librettists, designers, and technicians--as well as the theaters and events that generated developments in opera production. Additional topics include the many difficulties in performing an opera, the functions of impresarios, and the business of music publishing. Delving into the absorbing and often neglected history of stage directing, theater architecture and technology, and scenic and lighting design, Baker nimbly links these technical aspects of opera to actual performances and performers, and the social context in which they appeared. Out of these details arise illuminating discussions of individual productions that cast new light on the operas of Wagner, Verdi, and others. Packed with nearly two hundred color illustrations, From the Score to the Stage is a revealing, always entertaining look at what happens before the curtain goes up on opening night at the opera house.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Classics
Author: Andrew Lloyd WebberPublisher: Hal Leonard Instrumental Play
ISBN: 9780634061615
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
(Instrumental Play-Along). 12 solos from Lloyd Webber's greatest shows complete with full band accompaniment on CD. Titles include: As If We Never Said Goodbye * Close Every Door * Don't Cry for Me Argentina * Everything's Alright * Go Go Go Joseph * Gus: the Theatre Cat * Love Changes Everything * The Music of the Night * Our Kind of Love * The Phantom of the Opera * Unexpected Song * Whistle down the Wind.
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