Modernism and opera /

Table of Contents: “…Gertrude Stein, Minimalism, and Modern Opera; III: Opera after World War II: Tensions of Institutional Modernism; 9. …”
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The operas of Sergei Prokofiev / by Guillaumier, Christina

Table of Contents: “…Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on transliteration, abbreviations and sources -- Introduction: Prokofiev and Opera -- 1 Early Operatic Experiments and Maddalena -- 2 Between Opera and Theatre: Radicalisation of Style in The Gambler -- 3 A Successful Enterprise: Love for Three Oranges -- 4 The Devil Within: Theatre and Spectacle in The Fiery Angel -- 5 Towards a Soviet Operatic Style: Semyon Kotko -- 6 Betrothal in a Monastery and the Retreat from Ideology -- 7 War and Peace: The Prokofievan Operatic Ideal?…”
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Opera in postwar Venice : cultural politics and the avant-garde / by Boyd-Bennett, Harriet, 1969-

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Opera and ideology in Prague / by Locke, Brian S., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…: changing attitudes to cultural and stylistic pluralism (1925-30) -- "I have rent my soul in two" : divergent directions for Czech opera in the late 1920s -- Heaven on earth : socialism, jazz, and a new aesthetic focus (1930-38) -- "A sad optimism, the happiness of the resigned" : extremes of operatic expression in the 1930s -- The ideological debates of Prague within a European context.…”
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Russian opera and the Symbolist movement / by Morrison, Simon Alexander, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Decadence : Tchaikovsky at the edge -- Interlude : Symbolism's Nutcracker -- Syncretism : Rimsky-Korsakov and Belsky -- Interlude : Klara Milich -- Theurgy : Scriabin and the impossible -- Interlude : another church musician writes an opera -- Mimesis : Prokofiev's demons -- Conclusion.…”
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The Opera Stage of Sarah Caldwell : A Directing Philosophy in Practice. by Bendikas, Kristina

Table of Contents: “…Beginnings -- The company -- The repertoire -- Preparation and rehearsal -- Spaces -- Experiments -- Final years -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : the conductor -- Appendix B : operas staged by Caldwell.…”
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Russian opera and the symbolist movement / by Morrison, Simon Alexander, 1964-

Subjects: “…Opera Russia (Federation) 20th century.…”
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Maracas en la ópera / by RAMON ILLAN BACCA

Table of Contents: “…MARACAS EN LA ÓPERA; PÁGINA LEGAL; CONTENIDO; CAPÍTULO I; CAPÍTULO II; CAPÍTULO III; CAPÍTULO IV; CAPÍTULO V; CAPÍTULO VI; CAPÍTULO VII; CAPÍTULO VIII; CAPÍTULO IX; CAPÍTULO X; CAPÍTULO XI; CAPÍTULO XII.…”
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Režisér jako koncept. by Havlíčková Kysová, Šárka

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Opera, Society, and Politics in Modern China / by Li, Hsiao-t'i, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Overture -- Looking Back at Opera in Late Imperial China -- Changing Discourses on China's Popular Drama -- The Reformation of Beijing Opera in Shanghai -- Reformed Opera on the Shanghai Stage -- Reformed Opera in Xi'an -- Politicization and Radicalization -- Finale.…”
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The moderate soprano / by Hare, David, 1947-

Subjects: “…Opera England 20th century Drama.…”
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The La Traviata affair : opera in the age of apartheid / by Roos, Hilde

Table of Contents: “…We live to serve: a demi-monde before art -- The La Traviata affair: from courtesan to lover -- Eoan's best opera success: an amorous fantasy -- Scala is Scala and Eoan is Eoan: the struggle to breathe -- Slow death: on twilight and loss -- Appendix 1 : Eoan's music productions -- Appendix 2 : the Eoan group consitution.…”
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Puccini's La fanciulla del West and the American musical identity / by Fenton, Kathryn

“…Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera.…”

The shadow of the empress : fairy-tale opera and the end of the Habsburg monarchy / by Wolff, Larry

Table of Contents: “…Hofmannsthal's Viennese celebrity and Princess Zita's Habsburg marriage -- Emblems of imperial marriage : the golden apple, the silver rose, the human shadow, the dirigible balloon -- Descent from the imperial heights : Karl, Zita, and Hofmannsthal in Galicia -- Marriage and childbirth in the imperial dynasty and the fairy-tale opera : subterranean development and artistic collaboration -- "A traitor wind" : treachery in the opera and in the empire -- Hexentanz : the renunciation of motherhood and the assassination at Sarajevo -- Menschenblut : the sons of Adam and the outbreak of war -- "The shadow hovering in the air" : wartime propaganda, musical patriotism, and operatic collaboration -- "Spirit of the Carpathians" : military service, the preoccupations of wartime, and the trials of separation -- The empress at the threshold : the imminence of catastrophe and the last romantic opera -- Emperor Karl and Empress Zita : imperial motherhood and the pursuit of peace -- Departure from Schönbrunn : the end of the Habsburg monarchy and the rebirth of Austrian culture -- The emperor and the empress : in exile in Switzerland and on stage in Vienna -- Premiere 1919 : Die Frau ohne Schatten, the Märchenkaiser, and the Viennese critics -- Imperial afterlife : the politics of Hungarian Habsburg restoration and Austrian operatic repertory -- "The thread of past time" : imperial survivals and operatic variations in the 1920s -- Nazi Germany and Austrian Anschluss : political and operatic prospects in the 1930s -- The empress in America : escape from Nazi Europe -- The empress returns : Zita and Die Frau ohne Schatten after World War II.…”
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Strange Career of Porgy and Bess : Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera. by Noonan, Ellen

Table of Contents: “…A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900 -- A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940 -- Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935 -- Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960 -- Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012 -- Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005.…”
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Aesthetic technologies of modernity, subjectivity, and nature : opera · orchestra · phonograph · film / by Leppert, Richard D.

Table of Contents: “…The civilizing process : music and the aesthetics of time-space relations in The Girl of the golden West -- Opera, aesthetic violence, and the imposition of modernity : Fitzcarraldo -- Caruso, phonography, and operatic fidelities : regimes of music listening, 1904-1929 -- Aesthetic meanderings of the sonic psyche : three operas, two notes, and one ending at the boundary of the Great Divide -- Sound, subjectivity, and death : Days of heaven (promesse du bonheur) -- Conclusion : acoustic invocations of crisis and hope.…”
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Staging revolution : artistry and aesthetics in model beijing opera during the cultural revolution / by Fan, Xing (Professor of Asian Theatre and Performance Studies)

Subjects: “…Operas, Chinese 20th century History and criticism.…”
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Women playing men : Yue opera and social change in twentieth-century Shanghai / by Jiang, Jin, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Opera, gender, and the city -- The origins of Yue opera -- The rise of feminine opera -- Patrons and patronage -- Staging in the public arena -- The opera as history -- A feminine aesthetics -- Conclusion.…”
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Ernst Krenek and the Politics of Musical Style. by Tregear, Peter

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Middlebrow modernism : Britten's operas and the great divide / by Chowrimootoo, Christopher, 1985-

Subjects: “…Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Operas.…”
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