Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

XII; 165 Seiten; Illustr.; Noten; 23,5 cm. Originalhalbleinen mit farb. illustr. Schutzumschlag.

Bemerkung:

Sehr gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - Opera performances are often radically inventive. Composers' Tensions, singers' improvisations, and stage directors' reimaginings continually challenge our visions of canonical works. But do they go far enough? This elegantly written, beautifully concise book, spanning almost the entire history of opera, reexamines attitudes toward some of our best-loved musical works. It looks at opera's history of multiple visions and revisions and asks a simple question: what exactly is opera? Rich in imaginative answers, Remaking the Song considers works by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Berio in order to challenge what many regard as sacrosanct: the opera's musical text. Scholarly tradition favors the idea of great operatic texts permanently inscribed in the canon. Roger Parker looks at examples ranging from Cecilia Bartoli's much-criticized insistence on using Mozart's alternative arias in The Marriage of Figaro to Luciano Berio's new ending to Puccini's unfinished Turandot. He argues that opera is an inherently mutable form, and that all of us-performers, listeners, and scholars-should celebrate operatic revisions as a way of opening works to contemporary needs and new pleasures. (Verlagstext) // INHALT : Preface and Acknowledgments ----- Remaking the Song ----- Of Andalusian Maidens and Recognition Scenes: Crossed Wires in Il trovatore and La traviata ----- Ersatz Ditties: Adriana Ferrarese's Susanna ----- In Search of Verdi ----- Berio's Turandot: Once More the Great Tradition ----- Sudden Charms: The Progress of an Aria ----- Notes ----- Index. ISBN 0520244184