Opera
passion, power and politics
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Author
Contributions
- Cohen, Rebeka - Contributor
- Robins, Paul, photographer - Contributor
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Operations Research. Arbeitsgruppe Praxis der Linearen Optimierung - Contributor
- Victoria and Albert Museum - Contributor
- Victoria and Albert Museum. Photographic Studio - Contributor
and 1 more
- Victoria and Albert Museum. V&A Publications - Contributor
Publication
2017 - V&A Publishing, England
Language
English
Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL26944800M
- ISBN-139781851779284
- ISBN-101851779280
- OCLC Control Number1008451293
- OCLC Control Number1010943912
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number1035240589
- Library of Congress Control Number2017938447
Classifications
- DDC782.1
- LCCM
- LCCML1700
and 1 more
- LCCML1720 .O54 2017
Description
"Opera is traditionally regarded as an elitist art form far removed from reality by its fantastical pots 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)" -- publisher's description.
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