The Cambridge Companion to Seventeenth-Century Opera

Herausgeber: Waeber, Jacqueline

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Produktbeschreibung

This Companion offers an in-depth introduction to the early history of opera by focusing on its foundational century. From opera's Italian origins to its growth through Europe and the Americas, the volume charts the changing landscape - on stage and beyond - which shaped the way early opera was produced and received.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Music
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 892g
• ISBN-13: 9780521823593
• ISBN-10: 0521823595
• Artikelnr.: 59884515

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Part I. The Italian Foundations: 1. Opera is born: the wedding of music and drama in late Renaissance Florence Barbara Russano Hanning
2. '...e poi le parole': towards a history of the libretto Tim Carter
3. Aria, Recitative, and Chorus in Italian Opera Sara Elisa Stangalino
4. Opera as spectacle, opera as drama Margaret Murata
Part II. Society, Institutions and Production: 5. Opera for a paying public (Italy c. 1637-c. 1700) Beth L. Glixon
6. 'Una bella voce, un bel trillo, d un bel passaggio': opera singers in seventeenth-century Italy Colleen Reardon
7. Opera, gender and voice Christine Jeanneret
8. Dance and ballet Rebecca Harris-Warrick
9. Staging opera in the seventeenth century Roger Savage
Part III. National Traditions (Outside Italy): 10. Opera in France c. 1640-c. 1710 Laura Naudeix
11. Song and declamation in French opera Jacqueline Weber
12. Opera in England Amanda Eubanks Winkler
13. The development of opera in German Michael Maul
14. Opera in Spain and the Spanish dominions in Italy and the Americas Louise K. Stein
Bibliography
Index.