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Klappentext The first comprehensive attempt to map the current field of opera studies by leading scholars in the discipline. 'In both the clarity of its organization and the uniformly high standard of the individual essays, this is an outstanding collection.' Times Literary Supplement Zusammenfassung Opera studies is a rapidly expanding field! bringing exciting new perspectives to a brilliant and complex art form. This book will give lovers of opera as well as those studying the subject a comprehensive approach to the many facets of opera in the past and today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: opera studies today Nicholas Till; Part I. Institutions: 1. Opera, the state and society Thomas Ertman; 2. The business of opera Nicholas Payne; 3. The operatic event: opera houses and opera audiences Nicholas Till; Part II. Constituents: 4. 'Too much music': the media of opera Christopher Morris; 5. Voices and singers Susan Rutherford; 6. Opera and modes of theatrical production Simon Williams; 7. Opera and the technologies of theatrical production Nicholas Ridout; Part III. Forms: 8. The dramaturgy of opera Laurel E. Zeiss; 9. Genre and poetics Alessandra Campana; 10. The operatic work: texts, performances, receptions and repertories Nicholas Till; Part IV. Issues: 11. Opera and gender studies Heather Hadlock; 12. Opera and national identity Suzanne Aspden; 13. 'An exotic and irrational entertainment': opera and our others, opera as other Nicholas Till.
