Synopses & Reviews
A comprehensive and lively history of opera that traces each milestone in opera history: from Monteverdi to Gluck to Mozart to Weber - to contemporary composers such as Glass and Heggie. The focus of this 400 page text is 19 specific operas, classics that have changed the course of opera history. All periods are analyzed: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, German Romanticism, plus bel canto, verismo, Wagner and music drama, the "Tristan Chord," atonalism and minimalism. OVER 250 MUSIC EXAMPLES.
Synopsis
A comprehensive history of opera that traces each milestone in opera history from the 16th century Camerata through the next 400 years, and featurrd in depth analysis of all important genres: the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, Bel Canto, Opera Buffa, German Romanticism, Wagner and music drama, Verismo, Impressionism, Expressionism,...
Table of Contents
Chapter eight: Romanticism in Italian Opera: Early 19th centuryChapter nine: French Grand Opera: Early 19th century; Chapter ten: Verdi: Towering Romantic Passion; Chapter eleven: The French Lyrique; Chapter twelve: Operetta; Chapter thirteen: Wagner and Modern Music Drama; Chapter fourteen: Verdi and Italian Music Drama; Chapter fifteen: Opera and National Culture; Chapter sixteen: Verismo: Truth and Realism; Chapter seventeen: Puccini and Italian Pos.