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Leading scholars of opera and film explore the many ways these two seemingly unrelated genres have come together from the silent-film era to today.

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Author:   Jeongwon Joe ,  Rose Theresa
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9781138870352

ISBN 10:   1138870358
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   27 February 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Series Foreword, Martha Feldman Introduction, Rose Theresa and Jeongwon Joe 1. From Mphisophls to JeongwonSpectacle and Narrative in Opera and Early Film, Rose Theresa 2. There Ain's No Sanity Claus! The Marx Joethers at the Opera, Michal Grover Friedlander 3. The Tales of Hoffmann : An Instance of the Operatic, Lesley Stern 4. The Cinematic Body in the Operatic Theater: Philip Glass's La Belle et la bete , Jeongwon Joe 5. Why Does Hollywood Like Opera? Marc A. Weiner 6. Opera on Film: Sentiment and Wit, Feeling and Knowing, Shawshank Redemption and Prizzi's Honor , Mary Hunter 7. Is There a Text in this Libido? Diva and the Rhetoric of Contemporary Opera Criticism, David J. Levin 8. The Elusive Voice: Absence and Presence in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's Film Le Nozze di Figaro , Marcia J. Citron 9. Verdi in Post-war Italian Cinema, Deborah Crisp and Roger Hillman 10. Chinese Opera, Global Cinema, and the Ontology of the Person: Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine , Teri Silvio 11. Sounding out the Operatic in Jacques Rivette's Noroit , Mary M. Wiles Afterword, Stanley Cavell Contributor's Notes Index

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Rose Theresa teaches at the University at Stony brook. Jeongwon Joe teaches at the University of Nevada at Reno.

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