| Description |
xxii, 675 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 621-642) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Prologue. Mare o monti : two summer festivals -- Knowing the score. Setting the stage ; Transmission versus tradition ; Scandal and scholarship ; The romance of the critical edition -- Intermezzo. Scholars and performers : the case of Semiramide -- Performing the opera. Choosing a version ; Serafin's scissors ; Ornamenting Rossini ; Higher and lower : transposing Bellini and Donizetti ; Words and music : texts and translations ; Instruments old and new ; From the score to the stage -- Coda. Two kings head North : transforming Italian opera in Scandinavia. |
| Subject |
Opera.
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Opera. |
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Opera -- Production and direction.
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Opera -- Production and direction. |
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Opera -- Performance.
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Performance. |
| ISBN |
0226304825 cloth alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780226304823 |
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