Anthony R. DelDonna / Pierpaolo Polzonetti (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera

Herausgeber: Deldonna, Anthony R.; Polzonetti, Pierpaolo

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Produktbeschreibung

The perfect accompaniment to courses on eighteenth-century opera for both students and teachers, this Companion is a definitive reference resource.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9780521873581
• ISBN-10: 0521873584
• Artikelnr.: 26152757

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology of relevant events in eighteenth-century opera
Part I. The Making of Opera: 1. Opera as process Pierpaolo Polzonetti
2. Aria as drama James Webster
3. Ensembles and finales Caryl Clark
4. Metastasio: the dramaturgy of eighteenth-century heroic opera Francesco Cotticelli and Paologiovanni Maione
5. Roles and acting Gianni Cicali
6. Ballet Rebecca Harris-Warrick
7. Orchestra and voice in eighteenth-century Italian opera John Spitzer
8. To look again (at Don Giovanni) Alessandra Campana
Part II. National Styles and Genres: 9. Genre and form in French opera David Charlton
10. Genre and form in German opera Estelle Joubert
11. Opera in eighteenth-century England: English opera, masques, ballad operas Michael Burden
12. Opera in Naples Anthony R. DelDonna
13. Portugal and Brazil Manuel Carlos de Brito
14. Opera, genre, and context in Spain and its American colonies Louise Stein and José Máximo Leza.