Opera, a History of the Impossible Genre offers an accessible and chronological survey of opera. Beginning in the 16th century, each chapter hones its focus on a representative opera and composer, and provides discussion on historical and political context.
Opera, a History of the Impossible Genre offers an accessible and chronological survey of opera. Beginning in the 16th century, each chapter hones its focus on a representative opera and composer, and provides discussion on historical and political context.
Jeffrey Langford is Associate Dean for Doctoral Studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, NY. He is author of A History of the Symphony (Routledge, 2019) and Evenings at the Opera (Amadeus Press, 2011).
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1 First steps toward a new genre 2 Claudio Monteverdi, the first genius 3 The rise of Italian opera seria 4 French opera of the 17th and 18th centuries 5 The birth of comic opera 6 Gioachino Rossini, a bridge to the 19th century 7 Gaetano Donizetti, a master of Italian Romantic opera 8 Giuseppe Verdi, Part I: Italian opera in revolution 9 The rise of German Romantic opera 10 Hector Berlioz and 19th-century French grand opera 11 Charles Gounod and French opéra lyrique 12 Russian opera, Part I: Modest Mussorgsky and the nationalist style 13 Russian opera, Part II: Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky andthe cosmopolitan style 14 Giuseppe Verdi, Part II: The final years 15 Bizet, Puccini, and the rise of verismo opera 16 Richard Strauss and the changing styles of symphonic opera 17 Claude Debussy and Impressionism in opera 18 Alban Berg and the problem of atonal opera 19 Béla Bartók, a 20th-century nationalist 20 Benjamin Britten and 20th-century operatic conservatism 21 Igor Stravinsky and neoclassical opera 22 Minimalist opera 23 Opera today: A sample
1 First steps toward a new genre 2 Claudio Monteverdi, the first genius 3 The rise of Italian opera seria 4 French opera of the 17th and 18th centuries 5 The birth of comic opera 6 Gioachino Rossini, a bridge to the 19th century 7 Gaetano Donizetti, a master of Italian Romantic opera 8 Giuseppe Verdi, Part I: Italian opera in revolution 9 The rise of German Romantic opera 10 Hector Berlioz and 19th-century French grand opera 11 Charles Gounod and French opéra lyrique 12 Russian opera, Part I: Modest Mussorgsky and the nationalist style 13 Russian opera, Part II: Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky andthe cosmopolitan style 14 Giuseppe Verdi, Part II: The final years 15 Bizet, Puccini, and the rise of verismo opera 16 Richard Strauss and the changing styles of symphonic opera 17 Claude Debussy and Impressionism in opera 18 Alban Berg and the problem of atonal opera 19 Béla Bartók, a 20th-century nationalist 20 Benjamin Britten and 20th-century operatic conservatism 21 Igor Stravinsky and neoclassical opera 22 Minimalist opera 23 Opera today: A sample
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