Description |
304 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 32 cm |
Note |
Published to accompany the exhibition held 30 September 2017 - 25 February 2018 at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-296) and index. |
Indexed In: |
V & A research report 2017 |
Summary |
"Opera is traditionally regarded as an elitist art form far removed from reality by its fantastical pots and melodramatic divas. This book shows that beneath the opulent sets and sumptuous costumes, opera is very much a product of its time. Like all the great narrative arts, it draws on essential human experiences to create a form that can be endlessly reinvented to reflect a changing society. Focusing on seven opera premieres in seven distinct cultural landscapes, with additional essays by contemporary practitioners including Placido Domingo, Antonio Pappano and Simone Young, the book culminates in the international explosion of opera in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The seven operas and premieres are: Venice (Monteverdi's L'Incoranazione di Poppea, 1642); London (Handel's Rinaldo, 1711); Vienna (Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, 1786); Milan (Verdi's Nabucco, 1842); Paris (Wagner's Tannhauser, 1861); Dresden (Strauss' Salome, 1905) and St Petersburg 0(Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, 1934)"--Publisher's description. |
Contents |
1. Venice: Claudio Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea -- 2. London: George Frideric Handel, Rinaldo -- 3. Vienna: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro -- 4. Milan: Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco -- 5. Paris: Richard Wagner, Tannhauser -- 6. Dresden: Richard Strauss, Salome -- 7. Leningrad: Dmitri Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District -- 8. Afterword: Opera: Today and Tomorrow. |
Subject |
Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Incoronazione di Poppea.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Rinaldo.
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Nozze di Figaro.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Nabucco.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser.
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Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Salome.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Ledi Makbet Mt͡senskogo uezda.
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Costume.
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Costume. |
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Opera -- History -- Exhibitions.
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Opera. |
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History. |
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Opera -- Production and direction -- Exhibitions.
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Opera -- Production and direction. |
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Opera -- Political aspects. |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Subject |
Costumes. |
Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Added Author |
Auton, Robert, photographer.
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Bailey, Kate, editor.
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Cohen, Rebeka, editor.
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Robins, Paul (Photographer), photographer.
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Operations Research. Arbeitsgruppe Praxis der Linearen Optimierung, book designer.
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Victoria and Albert Museum, issuing body.
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Victoria and Albert Museum. Photographic Studio.
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Victoria and Albert Museum. V & A Publications, publisher.
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ISBN |
1851779280 |
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9781851779284 |
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9781851779468 |
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1851779469 |
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