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Gioachino Rossini's the barber of Seville / Hilary Poriss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poriss, Hilary, author.
- Series:
- Oxford keynotes.
- Oxford Keynotes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia.
- Rossini, Gioacchino.
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868--Performances.
- Performances.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2021
- Summary:
- This work surveys the myriad and creative changes that have affected The Barber of Seville since its premiere, exploring many of the personalities responsible for those alterations and taking into account the range of reactions that these changes have prompted in spectators and critics from the nineteenth century to the present.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series
- Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on the Title of This Book
- Archives and Sources
- About the Companion Website
- Introduction: "Ah Bravo Figaro, Bravo Bravissimo!"
- 1: A Whirlwind of Change
- 2: Early Revivals: Almaviva, Bartolo, and Their Many Ways
- 3: The World of Rosina and the Prima Donna's Playground
- 4: A Return to Rossini
- 5: The Untethered Splendor of Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Additional Sources for Reading
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029966-5
- 0-19-029967-3
- 0-19-029965-7
- OCLC:
- 1245957198
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