Opera : a new way of listening / Alexander Waugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waugh, Alexander.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas--Analysis, appreciation.

Operas.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

London : De Agostini Editions ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, [1996]

Summary:

The book introduces opera and analyzes eight masterpieces: "Don Giovanni" by Mozart, "Dido and Aeneas" by Purcell, "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini, "Rigoletto" by Verdi, "The mastersingers of Nuremberg" by Wagner, "Boris Godunov" by Mussorgsky, "Carmen" by Bizet, and "Tosca" by Puccini. The cd contains key songs from each opera that are broken into "timelines" in the text.

Contents:

CD running order

Introduction

The opera experience

The elements of opera

Behind the scenes ; the making of an opera

The story of opera

The world of opera through eight masterworks

A guide to 50 further essential operas

Opera houses and festivals.

"Nicias! Ah" from Thaïs / Massenet

Mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor/ Donizetti

Overture from La Bohème / Puccini

"Celeste Aïda" from Aïda / Verdi

"Alone and yet alive" from the Mikado / Sullivan

"Ombra mai fu" from Serse / Handel

"Non più andrai" from Le nozze di Figaro / Mozart

"Casta diva" from Norma / Bellini

Riot scene from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Wagner

Coronation scene from Boris Godunov / Mussorgsky

"Recondita armonia" from Tosca / Puccini.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

189988372X

9781899883721

1899883711

9781899883714

OCLC:

34710925