Remaking the Song - Operatic Visions and Revisions From Handel to Berio

Informationen zum Autor Roger Parker! Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge! is author of Leonora's Last Act: Essays in Verdian Discourse and editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera. Klappentext "Parker is an outstanding figure in the world of Italian opera, and here the meticulous analysis and excellence of the prose make for a brilliant book with truly radical implications.  Remaking the Song represents a scholarly gold-standard."—Carolyn Abbate, author of In Search of Opera Zusammenfassung Opera performances are often radically inventive. Composers' revisions, singers' improvisations, and stage directors' re-imaginings continually challenge our visions of canonical works. But do they go far enough? This book, spanning almost the entire history of opera, reexamines attitudes toward some of our best-loved musical works.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Parker, Parker Roger
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2006
• EAN: 9780520244184
• ISBN: 978-0-520-24418-4
• No. of pages: 179
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures; Ernest Bloch Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera