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More copies of this ISBNNot Without Madness: Perspectives on Operaby Fabrizio Della Seta
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Opera often seems to arouse either irrational enthusiasm or visceral dislike. Such madness, as Goethe wrote, is indispensable in all theater, and yet in practice, sentiment and passion must be balanced by sense and reason. Exploring this tension between madness and reason, Not without Madness presents new analytical approaches to thinking about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century opera through the lenses of its historical and cultural contexts. In these twelve essays, Fabrizio Della Seta explores the concept of opera as a dramatic event and an essential moment in the history of theater. Examining the meaning of opera and the devices that produce and transmit this meaning, he looks at the complex verbal, musical, and scenic mechanisms in parts of La sonnambula, Ernani, Aida, Le nozze di Figaro, Macbeth, and Il trovatore. He argues that approaches to the study of opera must address performance, interpretation, composition, reception, and cultural ramifications. Purely musical analysis does not make sense unless we take into account music’s dramatic function. Containing many essays available for the first time in English, Not without Madness bridges recent divisions in opera studies and will attract musicologists, musicians, and opera lovers alike. About the AuthorFabrizio Della Seta is professor of music history and musical philology in the Facoltà di Musicologia at the University of Pavia in Cremona, Italy. Mark Weir is lecturer in English and English translation at the University of Naples, L’Orientale. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Note on Terminology Introduction Part One: Theory and Analysis 1. Emotion and Action: On the Theory of Italian Opera 2. Ernani: The “Carlo Quinto” Act 3. “O cieli azzurri”: Exoticism and Dramatic Discourse in Aida 4. What “Happens” in the Act 2 Finale of Le nozze di Figaro? 5. The Death of King Duncan: From Shakespeare to Verdi, via the French Revolution 6. “Damor sullali rosee”: Analyzing Melody and the Creative Process Part Two: History and Criticism 7. Some Difficulties in the Historiography of Italian Opera 8. Verdi: The Italian Tradition and the European Experience 9. Meyerbeer in Nineteenth-Century Italian Criticism and the Idea of “Musical Drama” 10. Alberto Mazzucato and the Beginnings of Italian Verdi Criticism 11. Parola scenica in Verdi and His Critics 12. Gabriele Baldini on Verdi: A Theory of Opera Notes Bibliography Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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