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ISBN: 9780434022069 - Venetian Curiosities Venetian Curiosities
Donna Leon

ISBN10: 0434022063  ISBN13: 9780434022069
Publisher: Cornerstone William Heinemann Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 May 2012
In a city as ancient as Venice, myths and legends passed down from generation to generation record more than just love or murder. This title recounts some of Venice's most intriguing tales: an elephant brought in for Carnival wreaks havoc upon the... More

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ISBN: 9780520267688 - From Madrigal to Opera From Madrigal to Opera
Mauro Calcagno

ISBN10: 0520267680  ISBN13: 9780520267688
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 18 Apr 2012
Focuses on the works of Claudio Monteverdi, a master of both genres, to investigate how they reflect changing ideas about performance and role-playing by singers. This title traces the roots of dialogic subjectivity to Petrarch's love poetry... More

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ISBN: 9780252036781 - Blackness in Opera Blackness in Opera
Karen M Bryan, Eric Saylor Naomi Andre

ISBN10: 0252036786  ISBN13: 9780252036781
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Apr 2012
Discusses how race and blackness play out in opera Blackness in Opera critically examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. A multidisciplinary cross-section of scholars place well-known operas (Porgy and... More

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ISBN: 9780521188210 - Peking Opera Peking Opera
Chengbei Xu

ISBN10: 0521188210  ISBN13: 9780521188210
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 22 Mar 2012
Peking Opera provides a comprehensive illustrated introduction to the origins and development of this unique performance art. Peking opera is one of the most distinctive traditions in Chinese culture - a tradition that can seem mysterious and... More

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ISBN: 9780521746472 - Opera Opera
Robert Cannon

ISBN10: 0521746477  ISBN13: 9780521746472
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Feb 2012
Perfect for music students and opera-goers, this book investigates what opera is, how it works and how it has developed. What is opera and how does it work? How has this dramatic form developed and what is its relevance in the modern world? More

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ISBN: 9780195340587 - Bewitching Russian Opera Bewitching Russian Opera
Inna Naroditskaya

ISBN10: 0195340582  ISBN13: 9780195340587
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Feb 2012
In Bewitching Russian Opera: The Tsarina from State to Stage, Inna Naroditskaya investigates the musical lives of four female monarchs who ruled Russia for most of the eighteenth century - Catherine I, Anna, Elizabeth, and Catherine the Great. More

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ISBN: 9780231148054 - Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan
Carolyn Williams

ISBN10: 0231148054  ISBN13: 9780231148054
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Jan 2012
Long before the satirical comedy of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the comic operas of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were the hottest send-ups of the day's political and cultural obsessions. Gilbert and Sullivan's productions always... More

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ISBN: 9780226241135 - Opera and Sovereignty Opera and Sovereignty
Martha Feldman

ISBN10: 0226241130  ISBN13: 9780226241135
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Nov 2011
Performed throughout Europe during the 1700s, Italian heroic opera, or opera seria, was the century's most significant musical art form, profoundly engaging such figures as Handel, Mozart, and Cimarosa. Opera and Sovereignty is the first book to... More

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ISBN: 9780500515761 - Fashion Designers at the Opera Fashion Designers at the Opera
Helena Matheopoulos

ISBN10: 050051576X  ISBN13: 9780500515761
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 07 Nov 2011
Fashion and opera are natural arenas for collaboration. This book profiles ten leading figures in the world of fashion, together with illustrations of their costume designs. Of interest to opera fans as well as fashionistas, this book applauds the... More

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ISBN: 9780199856305 - Recognition in Mozart's Operas Recognition in Mozart's Operas
Jessica Waldoff

ISBN10: 0199856303  ISBN13: 9780199856305
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Nov 2011
Since its beginnings, opera has depended on recognition as a central aspect of both plot and theme. Though a standard feature of opera, recognition -- a moment of new awareness that brings about a crucial reversal in the action -- has been largely... More