Cargando…
Opera acts : singers and performance in the late nineteenth century /
Opera Acts explores a wealth of new historical material about singers in the late nineteenth century and challenges the idea that this was a period of decline for the opera singer. In detailed case studies of four figures--the late Verdi baritone Victor Maurel, Bizet's first Carmen Celestine Ga...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
|
| Colección: | Cambridge studies in opera.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Opera Acts explores a wealth of new historical material about singers in the late nineteenth century and challenges the idea that this was a period of decline for the opera singer. In detailed case studies of four figures--the late Verdi baritone Victor Maurel, Bizet's first Carmen Celestine Galli-Marie, Massenet's muse of the 1880s and 1890s Sibyl Sanderson, and the early Wagner star Jean de Reszke--Karen Henson argues that singers in the late nineteenth century continued to be important, but in ways that were not conventionally 'vocal'. Instead they enjoyed a freedom and creativity based on their ability to express text, act and communicate physically, and exploit the era's media. By these and other means, singers played a crucial role in the creation of opera up to the end of the nineteenth century. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511783661 0511783663 9781316203484 1316203484 |