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ISBN: 9789991418575
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
The Barber of Seville
Author: My Fair Lady
Author: Frederick LoewePublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451138903
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The text of the Broadway musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
Opera for the People
Author: Katherine K. PrestonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190690119
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
Opera for the People is an in-depth examination of a forgotten chapter in American social and cultural history: the love affair that middle-class Americans had with continental opera (translated into English) in the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s. Author Katherine Preston reveals how-contrary to the existing historiography on the American musical culture of this period-English-language opera not only flourished in the United States during this time, but found its success significantly bolstered by the support of women impresarios, prima-donnas, managers, and philanthropists who provided financial backing to opera companies. This rich and compelling study details the lives and professional activities of several important players in American postbellum opera, including manager Effie Ober, philanthropist Jeannette Thurber, and performers/artistic directors Caroline Richings, Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa, Clara Louise Kellogg, and "the people's prima donna" Emma Abbott. Drawing from an impressive range of primary sources, including contemporaneous music and theater periodicals, playbills, memoirs, librettos, scores, and reviews and commentary on the performances in digitized newspapers, Preston tells the story of how these and other women influenced the activities of some of the more than one hundred opera companies touring the United States during the second half of the 19th century, performing opera in English for a diverse range of audiences. Countering a pervasive and misguided historical understanding of opera reception in the United States-unduly influenced by modern attitudes about the genre as elite, exclusive, expensive, and of interest only to a niche market-Opera for the People demonstrates the important (and hitherto unsuspected) place of opera in the rich cornucopia of late-century American musical theatre, which would eventually lead to the emergence of American musical comedy.
Opera Companies and Houses of the United States
Author: Karyl Lynn ZietzPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147661203X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This is a state-by-state guide to more than 90 opera houses and companies in the United States. Inaugural performances, a history of opera in the city, an ordinary season's repertory, and performers and directors are highlighted.
The Lion, The Unicorn and Me
Author: Jeanette WintersonPublisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407172190
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
In this beautiful retelling of the story of the very first Christmas, the humble donkey is chosen above all other animals to carry Mary to Bethlehem. As his journey unfolds, he is touched by the magic and mystery of the Nativity... With sparkles of originality, humour and warmth, the Christmas story is reborn.
The Business of Opera
Author: Anastasia Belina-JohnsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317039556
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
The study of the business of opera has taken on new importance in the present harsh economic climate for the arts. This book presents research that sheds new light on a range of aspects concerning marketing, audience development, promotion, arts administration and economic issues that beset professionals working in the opera world. The editors' aim has been to assemble a coherent collection of essays that engage with a single theme (business), but differ in topic and critical perspective. The collection is distinguished by its concern with the business of opera here and now in a globalized market. This includes newly commissioned operas, sponsorship, state funding, and production and marketing of historic operas in the twenty-first century.
Richard Strauss's Salome
Author: Burton D. FisherPublisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 0977145514
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss's SALOME, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with German/English side-by side, and over 25 music highlight examples.
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Author: Sarah Caldwell
Author: Daniel KesslerPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810859475
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This is the first biography of the musician, conductor, and director Sarah Caldwell, an indomitable force for opera in America, and the first woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera.
Opera North
Author: Kara McKechniePublisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1783505028
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
This study seeks to explore universal issues relating to the production of opera, based on the very specific example of Opera North. Containing extensive archival materials, it is a resource for opera scholars, opera workers and opera lovers, which examines the fields of opera studies through history, ethnography, and production analysis.