{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-twentieth-century-opera-hardback-9780521780094","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera (Hardback) 9780521780094","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of specially commissioned essays investigating the extraordinary diversity of twentieth-century opera.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMervyn Cooke (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521780094, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 December 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e428 pages, 11 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.96 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'… gives readers a wealth of insight into the thriving world of opera in the last century.' Contemporary Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis Companion celebrates the extraordinary riches of the twentieth-century operatic repertoire in a collection of specially commissioned essays written by a distinguished team of academics, critics and practitioners. Beginning with a discussion of the century's vital inheritance from late-romantic operatic traditions in Germany and Italy, the text embraces fresh investigations into various aspects of the genre in the modern age, with a comprehensive coverage of the work of individual composers from Debussy and Schoenberg to John Adams and Harrison Birtwistle. Traditional stylistic categorizations (including symbolism, expressionism, neo-classicism and minimalism) are reassessed from new critical perspectives, and the distinctive operatic traditions of Continental and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and United States are subjected to fresh scrutiny. The volume includes essays devoted to avant-garde music theatre, operettas and musicals, filmed opera, and ends with a discussion of the position of the genre in today's cultural marketplace.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA chronology of twentieth-century opera Nigel Simeone\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Legacies: 1. Opera in transition Arnold Whittall\u003cbr\u003e 2. Wagner and beyond John Deathridge\u003cbr\u003e 3. Puccini and the Italian tradition Virgilio Bernardoni\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Trends: 4. Words and actions Caroline Harvey\u003cbr\u003e 5. Symbolist opera: trials, triumphs, tributaries Philip Weller\u003cbr\u003e 6. Expression and construction: the stage works of Schoenberg and Berg Alan Street\u003cbr\u003e 7. Neo-classical opera Christopher Walton\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Topographies: 8. France and the Mediterranean Nigel Simeone\u003cbr\u003e 9. Austria and Germany, 1918–-1960 Guido Heldt\u003cbr\u003e 10. Eastern Europe Rachel Beckles Willson\u003cbr\u003e 11. Russian opera: between modernism and romanticism Marina Frolova-Walker\u003cbr\u003e 12. American opera: innovation and tradition Elise K. Kirk\u003cbr\u003e 13. Opera in England: taking the plunge Christopher Mark\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Directions: 14. Music theatre since the 1960s Robert Adlington\u003cbr\u003e 15. Minimalist opera Arved Ashby\u003cbr\u003e 16. Opera and film Mervyn Cooke\u003cbr\u003e 17. Popular musical theatre (and film) Stephen Banfield\u003cbr\u003e 18. Opera in the marketplace Nicholas Payne\u003cbr\u003e 19. Technology and interpretation: aspects of 'modernism' Tom Sutcliffe.\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":46265071304984,"sku":"9780521780094","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521780094i.jpg?v=1692019207","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-twentieth-century-opera-hardback-9780521780094","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}