Opera / by Horace

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On opera / by Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003

Table of Contents: “…The nature of opera : entry for The New Grove Dictionary of Opera -- Mozart's comedies and the sense of an ending -- Mozart's Figaro : a question of class? …”
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Operas in English : a Dictionary. by Griffel, Margaret Ross

Table of Contents: “…Operas in English; Contents; Preface to the 1999 Edition; Preface to the Revised Edition; Abbreviations; A Brief History of Operas in English; Operas in English, A-Z; 2011 Addenda; Appendix 1: Composers; Appendix 2: Librettists; Appendix 3: Authors and Sources; Appendix 4: Chronology; Selective Bibliography; Index of Characters; Index of Names; About the Author.…”
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Recognition in Mozart's operas / by Waldoff, Jessica Pauline, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Operatic enlightenment in Die Zauberflöte -- Recognition scenes in theory and practice -- Reading opera for the plot -- Sentimental knowledge in La finta giardiniera -- Recognition denied in Don Giovanni -- Sense and sensibility in Cosi fan tutte -- Fiordiligi : a woman of feeling -- The sense of the ending in La clemenza di Tito.…”
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The great radio soap operas / by Cox, Jim, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Young Widder Brown (The Age-Old Conflict); Epilogue; Appendix A: Soap Opera Firsts, Lasts and Mosts; Appendix B: Adult Weekday Radio Serials by Year of Debut; Chapter Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index.…”
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Sing opera! : the opera "Keepers of the night" / by Ash, Peter

Subjects: “…Operas Juvenile.…”
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Opera stories. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart /...

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Opera stories. Richard Strauss /...

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Opera fanatic /

Subjects: “…Opera.…”
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Opera Classes

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Metropolitan opera /

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Threepenny Opera :

“…Elliot Norton Reviews : Threepenny Opera…”
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Opera stories. Georges Bizet /...

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Chopin at the opera /

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Sing opera! : the documentary /

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Opera Jawa /

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The Baaka opera.

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Peking Opera /

“…Elliot Norton Reviews : The Peking Opera…”
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Opera stories. Giacomo Puccini /...

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Unsettling opera : staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinsky / by Levin, David J., 1960-

Subjects: “…Opera Dramaturgy.…”
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The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston

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The Opera Manual. by Martin, Nicholas Ivor

Table of Contents: “…THE OPERA MANUAL; CONTENTS; Introduction to the First Edition; Introduction to the Second Edition; Explanatory Notes; Acknowledgments; Operas by Title; Operas by Composer; ENTRIES; INDEXES; Index of Librettists; Index of Arias; Index of One-Act Operas; About the Author…”
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French opera : a short history / by Giroud, Vincent

Table of Contents: “…1 From the Origins to Lully -- 2 From Lully to Rameau -- 3 The Age of Rameau -- 4 Gluck to Revolution -- 5 Revolution to Romanticism -- 6 The Age of Grand Opera -- 7 French Opera under the Second Empire -- 8 From Carmen to Pelleas -- 9 From the Belle Epoque to the Annees Folles -- 10 Crisis and Renewal.…”
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Nero in opera : librettos as transformations of ancient sources / by Manuwald, Gesine

Table of Contents: “…Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Aims and outline; 1.2 Basis: the ancient sources and their reception in the Renaissance; 2.10 Silvani, La fortezza al cimento (1699); 1.3 Background: features of 17th- and 18th-century opera; 1.4 Ubiquity: the artistic reception of the Nero story; 2 Nero in opera; 2.1 Busenello, L'incoronazione di Poppea (1642/43); 2.2 Nero, Der Verzweifelte Und dadurch Das bedrengte Reich Befreyende (1663); 2.3 Aureli, Claudio Cesare (1671/72); 2.4 Corradi, Il Nerone / Nero (1678/79 / 1693); 2.5 Nero, Der verzweiffelte Selbst-Mörder (1685).…”
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Reshaping opera : a critical reflection on arts management / by Trevisan, Paola

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Opera at the bandstand : then and now / by Martin, George Whitney

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The Beggar's Opera. by Gay, John

Subjects: “…Ballad operas Librettos.…”
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Opéra-Comique : a Sourcebook.

Table of Contents: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; A CHRONOLOGY OF THE OPERA-COMIQUE; COMPOSERS AND THEIR WORKS AT THE OPERA-COMIQUE; INDEX.…”
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The Legacy of Opera : Reading Music Theatre as Experience and Performance /

Table of Contents: “…Empty houses, booming voices / Dominic Symonds and Pamela Karantonis -- Is this still opera? Media operas as productive provocations / Bianca Michaels -- A new glimmer of light : Opera, metaphysics and mimesis / Nicholas Till -- The singing body in the Tragédie Lyrique of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France : Voice, theatre, speech, pleasure / Sarah Nancy -- Performing affect in seventeenth-century opera : Process, reception, transgression / Clemens Risi -- The Violettas of Patti, Muzio and Callas : Style, interpretation and the questions of legacy / Magnus Tessing Schneider.…”
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Modernism and opera /

Table of Contents: “…Gertrude Stein, Minimalism, and Modern Opera; III: Opera after World War II: Tensions of Institutional Modernism; 9. …”
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Living opera / by Jampol, Joshua

Table of Contents: “…Pierre Boulez, or "The incorruptible" -- Robert Carsen, or building the bridge between head and heart -- Patrice Chereau, or truth, opera, and the director: in Wagner's footsteps -- William Christie, or going for baroque -- James Conlon, or surrendering your soul -- Natalie Dessay, or healing the sick voice -- Joyce DiDonato, or the wider connection -- Placido Domingo, or Olympics for the voice -- Renee Fleming, or balancing on the high wire -- Ferruccio Furlanetto, or functioning as a filter -- Kasper Bech Holten, or the emotional fitness center -- Simon Keenlyside, or a workingman talks about traffic control -- Waltraud Meier, or the sweatshirt must fit -- Heidi Grant Murphy, or sopranoed, with children -- Kent Nagano, or remaining relevant -- Seiji Ozawa, or the art of managing the orchestra -- Samuel Ramey, or the lion at twilight -- Esa-Pekka Salonen, or new opera and festival opera -- Jose Van Dam, or humility, the elite, and the caddies -- Rolando Villazon, or the paradox of the performer.…”
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German opera : from the beginnings to Wagner / by Warrack, John, 1928-

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Grand opera : the story of the Met / by Affron, Charles, Affron, Mirella Jona, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…A matter of boxes, 1883-1884 : bel canto -- Cultural capital, 1884-1903 : the German seasons and French opera -- Opera wars, 1903-1908 : Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company -- Modernity, 1908-1929 : Puccini -- Hard times, 1929-1940 : Wagner -- Strains of war, 1940-1950 : the conductor's opera -- Stage business, 1950-1966 : Verdi -- In transit, 1966-1975 : American opera -- Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990 : twentieth-century European opera and the Baroque -- Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006 : American opera (redux) and Slavic opera -- In the age of new media, 2006-2013.…”
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Beggars Opera, The. by Gay, John

Subjects: “…Operas Librettos.…”
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The last opera : the Rake's progress in the life of Stravinsky and sung drama / by Carter, Chandler

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The phantom of the Opera / by Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927

Table of Contents: “…In the Cellars of the Opera; Chapter XXI. Interesting and Instructive Vicissitudes of a Persian in the Cellars of the Opera; Chapter XXII. …”
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Opera as anthropology : anthropologists in lyrical settings / by Kotnik, Vlado, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; List of Tables; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Opera as an Epistemological Challenge for Anthropologies; Anthropologists in Operatic Settings; Opera as Myth, Opera as Metaphor; Opera as Ritual, Opera as Spectacle; Opera as Singing, Opera as Artism; Opera as Cultural Production, Opera as Performance; Opera as Historiography, Opera as Ideology; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Blackness in opera /

Table of Contents: “…From Otello to Porgy : blackness, masculinity, and morality in opera /…”
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Opera and the City : the Politics of Culture in Beijing, 1770-1900. by Goldman, Andrea

Table of Contents: “…Metropolitan Opera, Border Crossings, and the State; 3. Musical Genre, Opera Hierarchy, and Court Patronage; Part Three: Plays and Performances; 4. …”
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Opera Production : a Handbook. by Eaton, Quaintance

Table of Contents: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; LONG OPERAS; SHORT OPERAS; APPENDIX; INDEXES.…”
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