Author: Herbert GrafPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Opera and Its Future in America
Author: Herbert GrafMad Scenes and Exit Arias
Author: Heidi WalesonPublisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1627794972
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt—and what it means for the future of the arts In October 2013, the arts world was rocked by the news that the New York City Opera—“the people’s opera”—had finally succumbed to financial hardship after 70 years in operation. The company had been a fixture on the national opera scene—as the populist antithesis of the grand Metropolitan Opera, a nurturing home for young American talent, and a place where new, lively ideas shook up a venerable art form. But NYCO’s demise represented more than the loss of a cherished organization: it was a harbinger of massive upheaval in the performing arts—and a warning about how cultural institutions would need to change in order to survive. Drawing on extensive research and reporting, Heidi Waleson, one of the foremost American opera critics, recounts the history of this scrappy company and reveals how, from the beginning, it precariously balanced an ambitious artistic program on fragile financial supports. Waleson also looks forward and considers some better-managed, more visionary opera companies that have taken City Opera’s lessons to heart. Above all, Mad Scenes and Exit Arias is a story of money, ego, changes in institutional identity, competing forces of populism and elitism, and the ongoing debate about the role of the arts in society. It serves as a detailed case study not only for an American arts organization, but also for the sustainability and management of nonprofit organizations across the country.
Opera in America
Author: John DizikesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300061017
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 611
Book Description
This text tells how opera, steeped in European aristocratic tradition, was transplanted into the democratic cultural enviroment of America. It includes vignettes of productions, personalities, audiences and theatres throughout the country from 1735 to the present day.
Opera and the Golden West
Author: John Louis DiGaetaniPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838635193
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Opera and the Golden West is a celebration of opera's difficult past in America. It focuses in part on early repertory and how European operatic masterpieces became part of American culture. This book also calls attention to the efforts of American composers as they continually tried to make original contributions to a foreign musical form. Throughout this anthology the contributors use a variety of approaches and styles to analyze the many aspects of opera, and how the form fared in the U.S. In addition to observing where opera has been in this country, this anthology also has an eye to the future. Opera presentation in the coming century may be very different from the current experience. Economics, always a critical factor, may well dictate a different scale of production. Changing tastes in directorial and production values and the expansion of television and video into the home are indicators that a new era has arrived.
A Discriminative Study of Opera in America, Present and Future
Author: Albert L. FiorilloPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Opera As Opera
Author: Conrad L. OsbornePublisher:
ISBN: 9780999436608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The I and Being Human
Author: Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 1412844177
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Originally published: The I. New Haven: Yale University Press, c1985.
A Mad Love
Author: Vivien SchweitzerPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465096948
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera -- and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and present, beginning with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in 1607, generally considered the first successful opera, through classics like Carmen and La Boheme, and spanning to Brokeback Mountain and The Death of Klinghoffer in recent years. Musician and critic Vivien Schweitzer acquaints readers with the genre's most important composers and some of its most influential performers, recounts its long-standing debates, and explains its essential terminology. Today, opera is everywhere, from the historic houses of major opera companies to movie theaters and public parks to offbeat performance spaces and our earbuds. A Mad Love is an essential book for anyone who wants to appreciate this living, evolving art form in all its richness.
Opera America XIV Annual Conference
Author: Opera America. ConferencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
American Opera
Author: Elise Kuhl KirkPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252026232
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
A treasure trove of information, "American Opera" sketches musical traits and provides plot summaries, descriptions of sets and stagings, and biographical details on performers, composers, and librettists for more than 100 American operas. 86 photos.