Said on opera / Edward W. Said ; edited by Wouter Capitain ; foreword by Peter Sellars.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Said, Edward W., author.

Contributor:

Sellars, Peter, writer of foreword.

Capitain, Wouter, 1985- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Berlioz, Hector.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Wagner, Richard.

Opera.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This book presents Edward W. Said's insightful and elegant analyses of four major operas-originally delivered as the Empson Lectures at Cambridge University in 1997-showcasing the power of his critical acumen to unsettle canonical interpretations.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Edward Said's Inner Music, by Peter Sellars

Introduction

1. Così fan tutte at the Limits

2. Fidelio's Difficulties with the Past

3. Les Troyens and the Obligation to Empire

4. Creation and Coherence in Die Meistersinger

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Said, Edward Said on Opera

ISBN:

9780231559164

0-231-55916-X

OCLC:

1417195302