Book Description
An illustrated retelling of the plots of fifteen well-known operas.
Author : Jane Rosenberg
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release : 1996-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780500278734
An illustrated retelling of the plots of fifteen well-known operas.
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Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781901223415
The author's rewriting of opera stories from seven different composers combined with illustrations and a select discography, introduces to children some of the great operatic themes of the last 200 years.
Author : Lotfi Mansouri
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,89 MB
Release : 2012-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1459705157
When things go wrong at the opera house, they really go wrong. No one has a greater or more intimate knowledge of such moments than Mansouri. From the hilarious to the bizarre, this is a reader-friendly look at what is often thought of as an overly serious, even mysterious form of art.
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Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780679893158
Capture the excitement of a night at the opera with this stunning collection of eight favorite opera stories, each illustrated by a different artist.The Magic FluteAidaCarmenThe Cunning Little VixenTurandotCinderellaHansel & GretelThe Love for Three Oranges
Author : Ann Fiery
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 2003-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780811827744
A tribute to thirty renowned operas shares the plots and theatrical backgrounds of each, in a volume that covers such productions as Figaro and Turandot.
Author : Helen Dike
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 33,58 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781494056629
This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.
Author : Nina Penner
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 16,33 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 0253049989
Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater is the first systematic exploration of how sung forms of drama tell stories. Through examples from opera's origins to contemporary musicals, Nina Penner examines the roles of character-narrators and how they differ from those in literary and cinematic works, how music can orient spectators to characters' points of view, how being privy to characters' inner thoughts and feelings may evoke feelings of sympathy or empathy, and how performers' choices affect not only who is telling the story but what story is being told. Unique about Penner's approach is her engagement with current work in analytic philosophy. Her study reveals not only the resources this philosophical tradition can bring to musicology but those which musicology can bring to philosophy, challenging and refining accounts of narrative, point of view, and the work-performance relationship within both disciplines. She also considers practical problems singers and directors confront on a daily basis, such as what to do about Wagner's Jewish caricatures and the racism of Orientalist operas. More generally, Penner reflects on how centuries-old works remain meaningful to contemporary audiences and have the power to attract new, more diverse audiences to opera and musical theater. By exploring how practitioners past and present have addressed these issues, Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater offers suggestions for how opera and musical theater can continue to entertain and enrich the lives of 21st-century audiences.
Author : Daniel Snowman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 1998-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780788156991
Considers Domingo's vocal qualities, the nature & depth of his musicianship, his abilities as an actor & something of the inner motivation that has enabled him to achieve so much for so long. Written to accompany a major 4-part BBC TV series & illustrated with specially commissioned photos, this book is a revealing portrait of a great performer at the height of his powers told by an author who writes about his subject with informed insight as well as affection. Takes us inside the rehearsal room & shows us something of the humor, the pathos, the tensions & the sheer hard work as the clock ticks away & the first night approaches.
Author : Ethel Shubert
Publisher :
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Operas
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Author : Gavin Kilty
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 17,80 MB
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1614295824
Eight Tibetan opera narratives express Buddhist concepts in myths and stories for the enjoyment and edification of readers of all ages. Timeless Buddhist ideas come to life in the myths and stories in Tales from the Tibetan Operas. Poetically vibrant, these eight classic lhamo stories have continued to delight and edify Tibetan audiences of all backgrounds, from village children to learned scholar-monks and Dalai Lamas. Western readers can now also get a glimpse into ancient Indian and Tibetan history and mythology through these cultural touchstones. The operas revolve around the drives of the human condition: the desire for power, the irresistible seduction of attraction, thoughts of revenge, attachment to family, the fear of separation and pain, the wish to be free from oppression. On visual display are the human and nonhuman characters of history and folklore — kings, queens, conniving ministers, ordinary folk, yogis, monks, and powerful beings from other realms such as gods and nagas — engaged in plotting, kidnapping, fighting and death, journeys to faraway lands, separation, and reconciliation, often with a quest for seemingly impossible treasure. The suspenseful tales have many dramatic plot twists, but they all end in happiness, where the good achieve their goals and the bad receive their just desserts. The operas thus bring to the people the fundamental ethical laws of behavior and teachings of natural justice based on Buddhist doctrine. The book features more than fifty gorgeous photos of the operas being performed in Tibet and India.