From the Score to the Stage - An Illustrated History of Continental Opera Production and Staging

Informationen zum Autor Evan Baker is an independent scholar based in Los Angeles. He has worked as both a dramaturge and a stage director and lectures frequently to opera audiences. Klappentext Without scenery! costumes! and stage action! an opera would be little more than a concert. Offering a comprehensive history of the behind-the-scenes world of opera production and staging! this book follows the evolution of visual style and set design in continental Europe from its birth in the seventeenth century up to today. Zusammenfassung Without scenery! costumes! and stage action! an opera would be little more than a concert. Offering a comprehensive history of the behind-the-scenes world of opera production and staging! this book follows the evolution of visual style and set design in continental Europe from its birth in the seventeenth century up to today.

Product details

• Authors: Evan Baker, Baker Evan
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9780226035086
• ISBN: 978-0-226-03508-6
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, Opera, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production, Music of film and stage