Book Description
Annotation A complete, newly translated libretto featuring foreign/English translation side-by-side, plus music examples.
Author : Burton D. Fisher
Publisher : Opera Journeys Publishing
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 22,24 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 193084185X
Annotation A complete, newly translated libretto featuring foreign/English translation side-by-side, plus music examples.
Author :
Publisher : Ricordi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,23 MB
Release : 2006-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780793553730
Vocal
Author : Giacomo Puccini
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Italian language
ISBN :
Author : Iris J. Arnesen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 0786454342
Giacomo Puccini, composer of some of the world's most popular operas, including La Boheme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, was also a highly literary person who based his librettos on existing works of literature. This work explores that literary inheritance in an effort to enhance the listener's appreciation of the operatic experience. The author argues that the majority of Puccini's operas compose a grand cycle that finds its roots in the romance genre of 12th century France, serving to celebrate the strong, independent heroine. Via a close examination of the source works, the librettos, and the scores, this book offers fresh perspective on Puccini's legacy.
Author : William Ashbrook
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780801493096
The performance history of each of Puccini's operas are reviewed and related to events in his life.
Author : Giacomo Puccini
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,52 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781019734780
This beloved Italian opera tells the story of a tragic love triangle set along the Seine River in Paris. Filled with lush music, stunning vocal performances, and a captivating storyline, Il Tabarro is a must-see for fans of classical music and opera. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Arthur Jacobs
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780879100445
Biographical sketches of the composers and critical interpretations of their productions accompany these summaries of eighty-seven famous operas
Author : Julian Budden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 32,38 MB
Release : 2005-09-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195346254
Julian Budden, one of the world's foremost scholars of Italian opera and author of a monumental three-volume study of Verdi's works, now offers music lovers a major new biography of one of the giants of Italian opera, Giacomo Puccini. Blending astute musical analysis with a colorful account of Puccini's life, here is an illuminating look at some of the most popular operas in the repertoire, including Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. Budden provides an illuminating look at the process of putting an opera together, the cut-and-slash of nineteenth-century Italian opera--the struggle to find the right performers for the debut of La Boheme, Puccini's anxiety about completing Turandot (he in fact died of cancer before he did so), his animosity toward his rival Leoncavallo (whom he called Leonasino or "lion-ass"). Budden provides an informative analysis of the operas themselves, examining the music act by act. He highlights, among other things, the influence of Wagner on Puccini--alone among his Italian contemporaries, Puccini followed Wagner's example in bringing the motif into the forefront of his narrative, sometimes voicing the singer's unexpressed thoughts, sometimes sending out a signal to the audience of which the character is unaware. And Budden also paints an intriguing portrait of Puccini the man--talented but modest, a man who had friends from every walk of life: shopkeepers, priests, wealthy landowners, fellow artists. Affable, well mannered, gifted with a broad sense of fun, he rarely failed to charm all who met him. A new volume in the esteemed Master Musicians series, Puccini offers a masterful portrait of this beloved Italian composer.
Author : Giacomo Puccini
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 36,18 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Operas
ISBN :
Author : Clyde T. McCants
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 2003-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780786414420
Opera is a unique expression of the human mind and spirit--a play that communicates plot, characterization and story almost entirely through music. Unfortunately, because of restraints of time, location and income, few people have the opportunity to see operas performed on a regular basis. Public libraries are an easily accessible alternative for gaining operatic knowledge and exposure, offering the public a chance to hear, see, and develop an appreciation of opera. This work is a two-part guide for libraries that want to assemble a comprehensive collection of operatic materials. Part I is a list of recommended operas ranging over four hundred years of operatic history and including a variety of different styles and languages. The goal of Part I is to provide recommendations for a comprehensive library collection of video and sound operatic recordings. Part II suggest books, periodicals, and online resources that could be an integral and important part of a library's opera collection. This section also discusses the care and maintenance of sound and video recordings, offers suggestions for locating hard-to-find operatic material, and explores the library's role in sparking patron interest in opera.