{"product_id":"opera-paperback-9780521746472","title":"Opera (Paperback) 9780521746472","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOpera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerfect for music students and opera-goers, this book investigates what opera is, how it works and how it has developed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Cannon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521746472, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 16 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e450 pages, 168 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.88 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'I would certainly want to own a copy.' Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat is opera and how does it work? How has this dramatic form developed and what is its relevance in the modern world? Perfect for music students and opera-goers, this introductory guide addresses these questions and many more, exploring opera as a complete theatrical experience. Organised chronologically and avoiding technical musical terminology, the book clearly demonstrates how opera reflected and reacted to changes in the world around it. A special feature of the volume is the inclusion of illustrative tables throughout. These provide detailed, easy to follow analysis of arias, scenes and acts; visual guides to historical movements; and chronologies relating to genres and individual composers' works. Overall, the book fosters an understanding of opera as a living form as it encounters and uses material from an ever expanding repertoire in time, place and culture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. Pre-operatic forms\u003cbr\u003e 2. First operatic forms: Peri, Caccini, Monteverdi, Cavalli, Keiser\u003cbr\u003e 3. Formalization\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reform - the reintegration of elements\u003cbr\u003e 5. Comedy and the 'real world'\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Authentic' performance\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 7. Romanticism and romantic opera in Germany\u003cbr\u003e 8. Opera in nineteenth-century Italy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Grand Opéra and the visual language of opera\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Wagnerian revolution\u003cbr\u003e 11. Nationalists: vernacular language and music\u003cbr\u003e 12. The role of the singer\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 13. The turn of the century and the crisis in opera\u003cbr\u003e 14. First modernism: symbolist and expressionist opera\u003cbr\u003e 15. The dramaturgy of opera: libretto - words and structure\u003cbr\u003e 16. Narrative opera: realistic and non-realistic\u003cbr\u003e 17. Radical narratives\u003cbr\u003e 18. Directors and the direction of opera\u003cbr\u003e Appendices: 1. Motifs from Der Ring\u003cbr\u003e 2. The development of singing voices\u003cbr\u003e 3. The development of lyric theatre alternatives to 'opera'\u003cbr\u003e 4. Some major operas, artistic and political events of the twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of terms\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\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], Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\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":46002804228376,"sku":"9780521746472","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521746472i_75044c88-8072-4b89-8083-d727633c9d81.jpg?v=1691380721","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/opera-paperback-9780521746472","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}