The Gilded Stage : The Social History of Opera
Daniel. Snowman
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Atlantic Books Ltd, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (710 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; THE GILDED STAGE; Also by Daniel Snowman; Copyright; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: Down the Road from Arianna to Zauberflöte c.1600-1800; 1. The Birth of Italian Opera; 2. The Opera Business, Italian Style; 3. Opera Crosses the Alps - and the Channel; 4. Cultural Confluence in Mozart's Vienna; PART II: Revolution and Romanticism c.1800-1860; 5. Napoleon and Beethoven; 6. After Napoleon: Opera as Politics, Art and Business; 7. Opera Reaches New York - and the Wider Frontier; 8. L'Opéra; 9. Fires of London; PART III: Opera Resurgens c.1860-1900. - 10. Culture and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe11. New York's Gilded Age; 12. Prima la donna; 13. The Lion Tamers: The Ascendancy of the Conductor; PART IV: Opera in War and Peace c.1900-1950; 14. Opera Goes West; 15. Spreading the Message; 16. Repercussions of War; 17. Opera under the Dictators; 18. Total War; PART V: The Globalization of Opera; 19. Emerging from Apocalypse; 20. Building Opera in America; 21. Opera Goes Global; 22. New Ways of Presenting Old Works; 23. The Show Must Go On...; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. - The Gilded Stage is a comprehensive tour of the world of opera. From its origins in the courts of northern Italy, to its internationally recognised position in modern culture, Snowman explores the social history of opera houses and impresarios, composers and patrons, artists and audiences. Even the most flamboyant composers could scarcely have imagined the global reach of opera in our own times. More opera is performed, financed, seen, heard, filmed and broadcast than ever before, and the world's leading performers are worshipped and paid like pop stars. Yet the art form i
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| ISBN | 9781843544661
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