{"product_id":"italian-opera-paperback-9780521466431","title":"Italian Opera (Paperback) 9780521466431","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eItalian Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Kimbell traces the history of Italian opera from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid R. B. Kimbell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521466431, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 10 March 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e704 pages, 12 b\/w illus.  1 map  130 music examples\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 4.4 cm, 1.011 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a wonderful read.' Tim Blanning, The Independent\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eItaly was the birthplace of opera. In this authoritative and accessible account of Italian opera, David Kimbell introduces the composers and dramatists, the singers and audiences who, over three hundred years, have created not only a national tradition but the central tradition from which others have drawn their inspiration. He traces the history of Italian opera from its origins in the humanism of the Renaissance to Puccini in the early twentieth century, drawing attention not only to musical issues but also to the social, literary, and philosophical ideas that have shaped modern Italian civilisation. Each part is illustrated by a detailed critical discussion of a key work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e A note on Italian prosody\u003cbr\u003e Map\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: the Italianness of Italian opera\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Origins of Opera: 1. The Renaissance intermedi\u003cbr\u003e 2. The elements of early opera\u003cbr\u003e 3. The beginnings of opera\u003cbr\u003e 4. Monteverdi's Orfeo\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Venetian Hegemony: 5. Opera in seventeenth-century Rome\u003cbr\u003e 6. Opera comes to Venice\u003cbr\u003e 7. The nature of Venetian opera\u003cbr\u003e 8. The development of the musical language\u003cbr\u003e 9. Cesti's L'Orontea\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Opera Seria: 10. The dramma per musica\u003cbr\u003e 11. 'Perfection and public favour'\u003cbr\u003e 12. The performance of opera seria\u003cbr\u003e 13. The collapse of the Metastasian ideal\u003cbr\u003e 14. Opera seria in an age of ferment\u003cbr\u003e 15. A half-century of L'Olimpiade\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Tragedy of Comedy: 16. The commedia dell'arte\u003cbr\u003e 17. Contrascene and intermezzi\u003cbr\u003e 18. The flowering of comic opera in Naples and Venice\u003cbr\u003e 19. Apogee and decline\u003cbr\u003e 20. Il barbiere di Siviglia: Paisiello's and Rossini's settings\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Romantic Opera: 21. Italian Romanticism\u003cbr\u003e 22. Dramatic themes: the libretto\u003cbr\u003e 23. The life of the theatre\u003cbr\u003e 24. The musical language of Italian Romantic opera\u003cbr\u003e 25. Rossini in Naples\u003cbr\u003e 26. A franker Romanticism\u003cbr\u003e 27. The young Verdi\u003cbr\u003e 28. Bellini's Norma\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Cosmopolitanism and Decadence: 29. Italian grand opera\u003cbr\u003e 30. Scapigliati and bohemians\u003cbr\u003e 31. Verdi and Boito\u003cbr\u003e 32. Verismo\u003cbr\u003e Personalia\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002112463128,"sku":"9780521466431","price":40.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521466431i_235b68b6-17af-4b34-9c38-03b2f3af42dd.jpg?v=1691382553","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/italian-opera-paperback-9780521466431","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}