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Curating opera : reinventing the past through museums of opera and art / Stephen Mould.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mould, Stephen, author.
- Series:
- Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Opera--Production and direction.
- Opera.
- Curatorship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Stephen Mould studied music in Sydney and London, subsequently pursuing a career in opera houses, where he has been employed as a coach, musical assistant, conductor and senior administrator in Germany, Belgium, Australia and the USA. For thirteen years he was a member of the staff of Opera Australia, as a musical assistant, conductor and Head of Music. He is currently senior lecturer in conducting and operatic studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney.
- Contents:
- Part One
- Chapter 1: 'Curationism'Chapter 2: Towards the curation of operaChapter 3: The rise and fall of the public art museum Part TwoChapter 4: The invention of operaChapter 5: Operatic transformations Chapter 6: From marketplace to museumChapter 7: Mozart's operas during the long nineteenth century (1) Chapter 8: Mozart's operas during the long nineteenth century (2)Chapter 9: Boom and bust in the nineteenth centuryPart ThreeChapter 10: The sociology of the opera house
- insidersChapter 11: The operatic work and the concept of WerktreueChapter 12: Rossini, Rembrandt and the Werktreue debate Chapter 13: Dramaturgy and the dramaturge in the opera houseChapter 14: The dramaturgy of murder and madnessChapter 15: 'Deeds of music made visible'Chapter 16: Conclusion / Afterword
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 03, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781000338607
- 1000338606
- 9781000338560
- 1000338568
- 9781003031017
- 1003031013
- Publisher Number:
- 40030476145
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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