Said on Opera

This book presents Edward W. Said's insightful and elegant analyses of four major operas-originally delivered as the Empson Lectures at Cambridge University in 1997-showcasing the power of his critical acumen to unsettle canonical interpretations.

List of contents

Edward Said's Inner Music, by Peter Sellars
Introduction
1. Così fan tutte at the Limits
2. Fidelio's Difficulties with the Past
3. Les Troyens and the Obligation to Empire
4. Creation and Coherence in Die Meistersinger
Notes
Index

About the author

Edward W. Said (1935-2003) was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was the music critic for the Nation and the author of numerous influential books, including Culture and Imperialism and Orientalism. Said's Columbia University Press books include Humanism and Democratic Criticism, Musical Elaborations, and Music at the Limits.

Wouter Capitain is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Göttingen. His doctoral dissertation at the University of Amsterdam examined Edward Said's music-related work.

Peter Sellars is a leading opera director, MacArthur fellow, and distinguished professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Summary

This book presents Edward W. Said’s insightful and elegant analyses of four major operas—originally delivered as the Empson Lectures at Cambridge University in 1997—showcasing the power of his critical acumen to unsettle canonical interpretations.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Said, Edward (c/o The Wylie Agency) Said, Said Edward
• Assisted by: Wouter Capitain (Editor), Peter Sellars (Foreword), Sellars Peter (Foreword)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.12.2023
• EAN: 9780231212014
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21201-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera