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Puccini's Turandot : the end of the great tradition /
Unfinished at Puccini's death in 1924, Turandot was not only his most ambitious work, but it became the last Italian opera to enter the international repertory. In this colorful study two renowned music scholars demonstrate that this work, despite the modern climate in which it was written, was...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Auteurs principaux: | , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1991]
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| Collection: | Princeton studies in opera.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- The opera. Turandot and the great tradition ; Turandot as a number opera ; Turandot and the prince
- The sources. Turandot as a spoken play ; Turandot as opera before Puccini
- The genesis. Rising action ; Falling action
- The four colors. Chinoiserie ; Dissonances and half-steps ; Persian prince and Chinese slave ; The Puccinian norm
- The two duets. The enigma scene ; The final problem
- Turandot staged. The prima assoluta ; The travels of Turandot.