Opera north : historical and dramaturgical perspectives on opera studies / by Kara McKechnie, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKechnie, Kara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (487 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study seeks to explore universal issues relating to the production of opera, based on the very specific example of Opera North. Containing extensive archival materials, it is a resource for opera scholars, opera workers and opera lovers, which examines the fields of opera studies through history, ethnography, and production analysis.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Opera North""; ""Copyright page""; ""About the Author""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction: Studying an Opera Company""; ""Research Sources""; ""Approaches to Studying Opera""; ""The Evolution of a Production""; ""References""; ""Perspective 1 Opera North � A History from Many Sources""; ""The UK Operatic Landscape in the 20th Century""; ""The Mother company: ENO""; ""Touring � Origins, Reasons, History""; ""The Beginnings of ENON""; ""Tug of War: 1975�1978""; ""Setting up the company""

""The First Seasons""""1978/1979""; ""1979/1980""; ""1980/1981""; ""Period of Assertion 1981�1993""; ""1981/1982""; ""1982/1983""; ""1983/1984""; ""1984/1985""; ""1985/1986""; ""1986/1987""; ""1987/1988""; ""1988/1989""; ""1989/1990""; ""1990/1991""; ""1991/1992""; ""1992/1993""; ""1993/1994""; ""1994/1995""; ""1995/1996""; ""1996/1997""; ""1997/1998""; ""1998/1999""; ""1999/2000""; ""2000/2001""; ""2001/2002""; ""2002/2003""; ""2003/2004""; ""2004/2005""; ""Transformation and Stability""; ""2005/2006""; ""2006/2007""; ""2007/2008""; ""2008/2009""; ""2009/2010""; ""2010/2011""

""2011/2012""""2012/2013""; ""References""; ""Perspective 2 Ethnographies � Opera North�s Productions in Rehearsal""; ""The company at Home and Its Spaces""; ""Performing the company: Internal and Externally Facing""; ""Rehearsals: Fragmented and Progressive Theatrical Encounters""; ""Introductions 1: First Full Cast Music Rehearsal � Das Rheingold, 16 May 2011""; ""Introductions 2: The Model Showing""; ""The Rehearsal Room: From Blocking to Running""; ""A Note about the Use of Period and Puppetry in This Production""

""First Rehearsal, 16 August 2012, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Leporello, I, 1""""Afternoon Session, 16 August 2012, Don Giovanni, Commendatore, Leporello, I, 1""; ""Afternoon Call, 17 August 2012, Recitative and Duet Donna Anna and Don Ottavio, I, 2""; ""After the Tea Break: Giovanni and Leporello, I, 3""; ""Morning Call, 21 August 2012, Chorus, Giovanni, Leporello, Zerlina, Masetto, I, 5""; ""Afternoon Call, 22 August 2012, Anna, Ottavio, Elvira, Giovanni, Quartet I, 9""; ""Afternoon Call, 23 August 2012, Don Ottavio, Aria: Dalla sua pace, I, 10a""

""Don Giovanni: Aria, Fin ch�han dal vino, I, 11""""Afternoon Call, 28 August 2012, Zerlina, Masetto, Chorus Ladies � �Batti, batti� (Aria Zerlina), I, 12""; ""Morning Call, 29 August 2012, Whole Cast (Except Commendatore), Finale Act 1""; ""Morning Call, 30 August 2012, Ensemble (Except Commendatore), Finale, I, 13""; ""Morning Call, 4 September 2012, Giovanni, Masetto � Recitative, II, 17""; ""Morning Call, 5 September 2012, All Soloists (Except Commendatore), Sextet, II, 18""; ""Afternoon Call, 6 September 2012, Don Giovanni, Leporello, II, 24""; ""The Rehearsal Room Run""

""Past, Present and Future in the Rehearsal Room""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2014).

ISBN:

9781783505029

1783505028

OCLC:

899007568