{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-eighteenth-century-opera-paperback-9780521695381","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera (Paperback) 9780521695381","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe perfect accompaniment to courses on eighteenth-century opera for both students and teachers, this Companion is a definitive reference resource.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnthony R. DelDonna (Edited by), Pierpaolo Polzonetti (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521695381, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  15 tables  41 music examples\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.5 x 1.6 cm, 0.68 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'This Companion has succeeded in its aim to address a wide range of skills and interests. The style is always accessible … It cannot fail to leave its readers enlightened.' Musical Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReflecting a wide variety of approaches to eighteenth-century opera, this Companion brings together leading international experts in the field to provide a valuable reference source. Viewing opera as a complex and fascinating form of art and social ritual, rather than reducing it simply to music and text analysis, individual essays investigate aspects such as audiences, architecture of the theaters, marketing, acting style, and the politics and strategy of representing class and gender. Overall, the volume provides a synthesis of well established knowledge, reflects recent research on eighteenth-century opera, and stimulates further research. The reader is encouraged to view opera as a cultural phenomenon that can reveal aspects of our culture, both past and present. Eighteenth-century opera is experiencing continuing critical and popular success through innovative and provoking productions world-wide, and this Companion will appeal to opera goers as well as to students and teachers of this key topic.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology of relevant events in eighteenth-century opera\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Making of Opera: 1. Opera as process Pierpaolo Polzonetti\u003cbr\u003e 2. Aria as drama James Webster\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ensembles and finales Caryl Clark\u003cbr\u003e 4. Metastasio: the dramaturgy of eighteenth-century heroic opera Francesco Cotticelli and Paologiovanni Maione\u003cbr\u003e 5. Roles and acting Gianni Cicali\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ballet Rebecca Harris-Warrick\u003cbr\u003e 7. Orchestra and voice in eighteenth-century Italian opera John Spitzer\u003cbr\u003e 8. To look again (at Don Giovanni) Alessandra Campana\u003cbr\u003e Part II. National Styles and Genres: 9. Genre and form in French opera David Charlton\u003cbr\u003e 10. Genre and form in German opera Estelle Joubert\u003cbr\u003e 11. Opera in eighteenth-century England: English opera, masques, ballad operas Michael Burden\u003cbr\u003e 12. Opera in Naples Anthony R. DelDonna\u003cbr\u003e 13. Portugal and Brazil Manuel Carlos de Brito\u003cbr\u003e 14. Opera, genre, and context in Spain and its American colonies Louise Stein and José Máximo Leza.\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], Classical music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20music%20%5Bc%201750%20to%20c%201830%5D%20%5BAVGC4%5D%22\"\u003ec 1750 to c 1830 AVGC4\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":46001374331160,"sku":"9780521695381","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521695381i_aecfebb8-ef0a-44aa-865c-525ec73f9470.jpg?v=1691380126","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-eighteenth-century-opera-paperback-9780521695381","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}