{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-grand-opera-paperback-9780521646833","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera (Paperback) 9780521646833","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating and accessible exploration of the world of grand opera, first published in 2003.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Charlton (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521646833, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 September 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e522 pages, 29 b\/w illus.  20 tables  46 music examples\u003cbr\u003e25.1 x 16.8 x 2.5 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'This is a comprehensive and extensive book. Anyone needing to study grand opera should ensure that they have it to hand. It also provides superb background reading if you want to explore the operas of Meyerbeer et al.' www.musicweb-international.com\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 2003 Companion is a fascinating and accessible exploration of the world of grand opera. Through this volume a team of scholars and writers on opera examine those important Romantic operas which embraced the Shakespearean sweep of tragedy, history, love in time of conflict, and the struggle for national self-determination. Rival nations, rival religions and violent resolutions are common elements, with various social or political groups represented in the form of operatic choruses. The book traces the origins and development of a style created during an increasingly technical age, which exploited the world-renowned skills of Parisian stage-designers, artists, and dancers as well as singers. It analyses in detail the grand operas by Rossini, Auber, Meyerbeer and Halévy, discusses grand opera in Russia and Germany, and also in the Czech lands, Italy, Britain and the Americas. The volume also includes an essay by the renowned opera director David Pountney.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction David Charlton\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Resourcing of Grand Opera: 2. The 'machine' and the State Hervé Lacombe\u003cbr\u003e 3. Fictions and librettos Nicholas White\u003cbr\u003e 4. The spectacle of the past in grand opera Simon Williams\u003cbr\u003e 5. The chorus James Parakilas\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dance and dancers Marian Smith\u003cbr\u003e 7. Roles, reputations, shadows: singers at the Opéra, 1828–49 Mary Ann Smart\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Revaluation and the Twenty-first Century: 8. Directing grand opera: Rienzi and Guillaume Tell at the Vienna State Opera David Pountney\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Grand Operas for Paris: 9. La Muette and her context Sarah Hibberd\u003cbr\u003e 10. Scribe and Auber: constructing grand opera Herbert Schneider\u003cbr\u003e 11. Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable and Les Huguenots Matthias Brzoska\u003cbr\u003e 12. Meyerbeer: Le Prophète and L'Africaine John H. Roberts\u003cbr\u003e 13. The grand operas of Fromental Halévy Diana R. Hallman\u003cbr\u003e 14. From Rossini to Verdi M. Elizabeth C. Bartlett\u003cbr\u003e 15. After 1850 at the Paris Opéra: institution and repertory Steven Huebner\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Transformations of Grand Opera: 16. Richard Wagner and the legacy of French grand opera Thomas Grey\u003cbr\u003e 17. Grand opera in Russia: fragments Marina Frolova-Walker\u003cbr\u003e 18. Grand opera among the Czechs Jan Smaczny\u003cbr\u003e 19. Italian opera Fiamma Nicolodi\u003cbr\u003e 20. Grand opera in Britain and the Americas Sarah Hibberd.\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":46002392105240,"sku":"9780521646833","price":28.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521646833i_48365445-ecfc-4f55-96d4-8a5be01afaeb.jpg?v=1691379513","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-grand-opera-paperback-9780521646833","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}