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Title Blackness in opera / edited by Naomi Andre, Karen M. Bryan, and Eric Saylor.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: representing blackness on the operatic stage -- From Otello to Porgy: blackness, masculinity, and morality in opera / Naomi André -- Hearing the other in The masque of blackness / Sarah Schmalenberger -- Nationalism, racial difference, and "Egyptian" meaning in Verdi's Aida / Christopher R. Gauthier and Jennifer McFarlane-Harris -- Race, "realism," and fate in Frederick Delius's Koanga / Eric Saylor -- Political currents and black culture in Scott Joplin's Treemonisha / Ann Sears -- Clarence Cameron White's Ouanga! in the world of the Harlem Renaissance / Karen M. Bryan -- New paradigms in William Grant Still's Blue steel / Gayle Murchison -- Performers in Catfish Row: Porgy and Bess as collaboration / Gwynne Kuhner Brown -- Searching for "authenticity" in Paul Bowles's Denmark Vesey / Melissa J. de Graaf -- The politics of color in Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones / Melinda Boyd -- Performing race in Ernst Krenek's Jonny spielt auf / Jonathan O. Wipplinger -- Il rodolfo nero, or the masque of blackness / George Shirley.
Summary "Blackness in Opera critically examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. A diverse cross-section of scholars places well-known operas (Porgy and Bess, Aida, Treemonisha) alongside lesser-known works such as Frederick Delius's Koanga, William Grant Still's Blue Steel, and Clarence Cameron White's Ouanga! to reveal a new historical context for re-imagining race and blackness in opera. The volume brings a wide-ranging, theoretically informed, interdisciplinary approach to questions about how blackness has been represented in these operas, issues surrounding characterization of blacks, interpretation of racialized roles by blacks and whites, controversies over race in the theatre and the use of blackface, and extensions of blackness along the spectrum from grand opera to musical theatre and film. In addition to essays by scholars, the book also features reflections by renowned American tenor George Shirley"--Publisher description.
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Subject Black people in opera.
Black people in opera.
Opera.
Opera.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author André, Naomi Adele, editor.
Bryan, Karen M. (Karen McGaha), 1954- editor.
Saylor, Eric, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Blackness in opera. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2012 9780252036781 (DLC) 2011027787 (OCoLC)741937646
ISBN 0252093895 (electronic book)
9780252093890 (electronic book)
0252036786
9780252036781
9781283901697
1283901692
0252080432
9780252080432