| Fashions and Legacies of Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera Contributor(s): Marvin, Roberta Montemorra (Editor), Poriss, Hilary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521889987 ISBN-13: 9780521889988 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2010 Annotation: Leading scholars investigate the ways in which operas by nineteenth-century Italian composers have been reshaped and revived over time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 782.109 |
| LCCN: 2010278697 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.7" (1.70 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Operatic works by Italian composers of the nineteenth century have undergone countless transformations since their premieres, shifting shape in response to a variety of new geographic, temporal, technological, and performative contexts. These enduring works by Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, and their contemporaries have myriad stories to tell. Fashions and Legacies reconstructs a selection of these stories, exploring ways in which operatic works have been reshaped and revived throughout the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. While focusing on how these works have been altered, the thirteen contributors in this book also respond to fundamental questions: how has this music retained - or sacrificed - its powerful messages in the face of deconstruction and recontextualization over time and place? What happens to these operas once they have escaped control of their authors? The contributions of singers, stage directors, conductors, and other theatrical personalities stand front and center of the volume. |
Contributor Bio(s): Marvin, Roberta Montemorra: - Roberta Montemorra Marvin is Director of the Institute for Italian Opera Studies at the University of Iowa, where she is also a Research Fellow and an Associate Professor.Poriss, Hilary: - Hilary Poriss is Assistant Professor at Northeastern University. |