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Remaking the song : operatic visions and revisions from Handel to Berio /

Spanning almost the entire history of opera, this book re-examines attitudes toward some of our best-loved musical works, and asks a question: what exactly is opera? It considers the works by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Berio, aiming to challenge what many regard as sacros...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parker, Roger, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2006.
Series:Ernest Bloch lectures.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Remaking the song
  • Of Andalusian maidens and recognition scenes : crossed wires in Il trovatore and La traviata
  • Ersatz ditties : Adriana Ferrarese's Susanna
  • In search of Verdi
  • Berio's Turandot : once more the great tradition
  • Sudden charms : the progress of an aria.