Opera in the media age : essays on art, technology and popular culture / edited by Paul Fryer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fryer, Paul, 1955- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera.

Mass media and music.

Music and technology.

Music--Social aspects--History.

Music.

Music--Social aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 255 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

"This collection of essays explores the relationship between opera and the development of media technology from the late 19th to the early 21st century. The contributing authors cover a variety of topics including audio, video and film recording, contemporary critical responses, popular and "high brow" culture, live and recorded performance, lighting and performance technology, media marketing and advertising"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The business of opera, advertising and the return to popular culture / Paul Fryer

Making culture popular : opera and the media industries / Sam O'Connell

Opera criticism : state of the art and beyond / Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Gods and heroes or monsters of the media? / Trevor Siemens

Opera and the audio recording industry / Robert Cannon

Opera singers as pop stars : opera within the popular music industry / Christopher Newell and George Newell

Cross-cuts and arias : the language of film and its impact on opera / Kevin Stephens

Opera on optical video disc, or the latest (and final?) avatar of the Gesamtkunstwerk / Pierre Bellemare

Wunderkammer : light as a scenographic and dramaturgical tool in opera / Hansjörg Schmidt

Opera, art and industrial production : lighting at the Royal Opera House, London / Nick Hunt

After the Twilight of the gods : opera experiments, new media and the opera of the future / Michael Earley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786473298

0786473290

OCLC:

869265543