Designed as a resource for opera lovers, opera professionals, and music students, this book provides a guide to Saint-Saens's twelve operas and a variety of other stage works for those who are curious to know more. It will enhance listeners' experience of recordings of Saint-Saens, which are enjoying increased popularity as his centenary approaches.
Cambridge Studies in Opera Séries
Cette série explore le monde multiforme de l'opéra et sa vaste portée culturelle dans la société contemporaine. Elle adopte un large éventail de méthodologies savantes, allant des analyses musicologiques des compositeurs et des œuvres à l'application de théories critiques issues d'autres disciplines des sciences humaines. Elle constitue un forum essentiel pour la recherche actuelle, offrant des perspectives nouvelles sur cette forme d'art en évolution.
Sentimental Opera
- 297pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Castelvecchi presents a critical re-evaluation of the operatic genre system and the cult of sensibility in the age of Mozart.
The Rival Sirens
- 307pages
- 11 heures de lecture
This new approach to the operas of Handel examines the vital and intertwined roles of singers, audiences and local cultural context in creating eighteenth- century opera. It emphasises cultural context and aspects of performance, offering a range of interpretative tools not previously exploited in studies of the century's opera before Mozart.
Verdi, Opera, Women
- 306pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Susan Rutherford explores Verdi's operas in the context of women's social, cultural and political history in nineteenth-century Italy.
Boyd-Bennett investigates the relationship of music and politics in the aftermath of war and dictatorship. Bringing locality into the study of twentieth-century music by focussing on the Italian and Venetian contexts, she shows how music culture was deeply imbedded in the most pressing social and cultural concerns of the post-war period.