Opera books

4116 books were found.

Avidly Reads Opera

Avidly Reads Opera

Author: Alison Kinney
ISBN: 9781479811731
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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Mit den Toten sprechen: Jenseitsnarrative in Literatur und Kunst der Gegenwart

Mit den Toten sprechen: Jenseitsnarrative in Literatur...

Author: Anne-Kathrin Reulecke ,  Johanna Zeisberg
ISBN: 9783412513498
Format: Paperback
$106.06

We are currently experiencing intense controversy with death in public debates. But also in art, literature, opera...  Read More >>

L' Opera, s'Il Vous Plait: Plaidoyer Pour l'Art Lyrique

L' Opera, s'Il Vous Plait: Plaidoyer Pour l'Art Lyrique...

Author: Jean-Philippe Thiellay
ISBN: 9782251450902
Format: Paperback
$50.16

Ira-t-on encore a l'opera dans quelques annees ? Si on a annonce a maintes reprises la mort de l'art lyrique depuis...  Read More >>

Avidly Reads Opera

Avidly Reads Opera

Author: Alison Kinney
ISBN: 9781479811724
Format: Hardback
$193.00

"""In times of delirious, madcap fun and political turmoil, opera fans have expressed their passion by dispatching...  Read More >>

The Operas of Rameau: Genesis, Staging, Reception

The Operas of Rameau: Genesis, Staging, Reception

Author: Graham Sadler ,  Shirley Thompson
ISBN: 9781472479266
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The present volume, devoted solely to the composer’s operas, reflects this scholarly activity. It brings together...  Read More >>

Dramaturgies of Love in Romeo and Juliet: Word, Music, and Dance

Dramaturgies of Love in Romeo and Juliet: Word, Music,...

Author: Jonas Kellermann
ISBN: 9781032028590
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Dramaturgies of Love in Romeo and Juliet offers a unique and highly innovative transdisciplinary discussion of ‘unspeakable’...  Read More >>

Nellie: The life and loves of Dame Nellie Melba

Nellie: The life and loves of Dame Nellie Melba

Author: Robert Wainwright
ISBN: 9781760878252
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The tumultuous life of Australia's most famous opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba.  Read More >>

Opera in Performance: Analyzing the Performative Dimension of Opera Productions

Opera in Performance: Analyzing the Performative Dimension...

Author: Clemens Risi ,  Anthony Mahler
ISBN: 9780367645021
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Opera in Performance elucidates the performative dimension of contemporary opera productions.  Read More >>

Nineteenth-Century Music: The Western Classical Tradition

Nineteenth-Century Music: The Western Classical Tradition...

Author: Jon W Finson
ISBN: 9798544113089
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Nineteenth-Century Music: The Western Classical Tradition provides a guide to the basic literature of European art...  Read More >>

Sudden Death in Opera: Love, Mortality and Transcendence on the Lyric Stage

Sudden Death in Opera: Love, Mortality and Transcendence...

Author: Michael Trimble ,  Robert Ignatius Letellier
ISBN: 9781527572768
Format: Hardback
$263.87

An aspect of dying in opera, rarely observed or commented on, is Sudden Unexpected Death. There are many deaths...  Read More >>

Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music

Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music

Author: Alex Ross
ISBN: 9780008422943
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Disturbing the Universe: Wagner's Musikdrama

Disturbing the Universe: Wagner's Musikdrama

Author: David Vernon
ISBN: 9781527299245
Format: Paperback
$31.02

'Wagner's art refuses to stand still, declines to play by the rules and will not observe any of the social graces'...  Read More >>

Barrie Kosky on the Contemporary Australian Stage: Affect, Post-Tragedy, Emergency

Barrie Kosky on the Contemporary Australian Stage: Affect,...

Author: Charlotte Farrell
ISBN: 9780367407841
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines select Australian theatre productions by director, Barrie Kosky. This text contextualizes the...  Read More >>

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century...

Author: Caitlin Vincent
ISBN: 9780367553920
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Digital Scenography in Opera in the Twenty-First Century is the first definitive study of the use of digital scenography...  Read More >>

Three Loves for Three Oranges: Gozzi, Meyerhold, Prokofiev

Three Loves for Three Oranges: Gozzi, Meyerhold, Prokofiev...

Author: Dassia N. Posner ,  Kevin Bartig
ISBN: 9780253057884
Format: Hardback
$100.95

In 1921, Sergei Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges-one of the earliest, most famous examples of modernist opera-premiered...  Read More >>

Saint-Saëns and the Stage: Operas, Plays, Pageants, a Ballet and a Film

Saint-Saëns and the Stage: Operas, Plays, Pageants,...

Author: Hugh Macdonald (Washington University, St Louis)
ISBN: 9781108445092
Format: Paperback
$69.84

Designed as a resource for opera lovers, opera professionals, and music students, this book provides a guide to...  Read More >>

Orpheus in the Academy: Monteverdi's First Opera and the Accademia degli Invaghiti

Orpheus in the Academy: Monteverdi's First Opera and...

Author: Joel Schwindt (Boston Conservatory at Berklee, USA)
ISBN: 9780367465964
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the 'first...  Read More >>

Opera Voodoo: Casting for Regional Operatic Productions

Opera Voodoo: Casting for Regional Operatic Productions...

Author: Dr Keri Rusthoi
ISBN: 9781977244048
Format: Paperback
$33.51

"Providing real-world guidance and insights for opera producers, Opera Voodoo, is the long-needed ""how-to"" book...  Read More >>

The history of the Wexford Festival Opera, 1951-2021: In a place like no other

The history of the Wexford Festival Opera, 1951-2021:...

Author: Karina Daly
ISBN: 9781846829970
Format: Hardback
$90.56

This book traces the history of the Wexford Opera Festival, from its establishment in 1951 up to the present day....  Read More >>

The Definitive Diva: The Life and Career of Maria Callas

The Definitive Diva: The Life and Career of Maria Callas...

Author: John Louis DiGaetani
ISBN: 9781476662633
Format: Paperback
$56.00

Maria Callas was, perhaps, the greatest opera singer of the 20th century. Hers was a life lived on the world stage....  Read More >>

The Tenor: A Cultural History

The Tenor: A Cultural History

Author: Matthew Boyden ,  Lee Haynes
ISBN: 9781399900171
Format: Hardback
$64.69

Through extensive research and detailed musical analysis, Matthew Boyden traces for the first time the profound...  Read More >>

Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland

Author: Russell Braddon
ISBN: 9781014964649
Format: Paperback
$60.59

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

The Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia

The Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia

Author: Edward Campbell (University of Aberdeen) ,  Peter O'Hagan (Roehampton University, London)
ISBN: 9781107140875
Format: Hardback
$326.03

Details the life, works, writings and aesthetic relationships of Igor Stravinsky, whose music epitomises the stylistic...  Read More >>

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