Description |
xi, 351 pages ; 26 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : opera studies today / Nicholas Till -- Opera, the state and society / Thomas Ertman -- The business of opera / Nicholas Payne -- The operatic event : opera houses and opera audiences / Nicholas Till -- 'Too much music' : the media of opera / Christopher Morris -- Voices and singers / Susan Rutherford -- Opera and modes of theatrical production / Simon Williams -- Opera and the technologies of theatrical production / Nicholas Ridout -- The dramaturgy of opera / Laurel E. Zeiss -- Genre and poetics / Alessandra Campana -- The operatic work : texts, performances, receptions and repertories / Nicholas Till -- Opera and gender studies / Heather Hadlock -- Opera and national identity / Suzanne Aspden -- 'An exotic and irrational entertainment' : opera and our others : opera as other / Nicholas Till. |
Subject |
Opera.
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Opera. |
Added Author |
Till, Nicholas, 1955-
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ISBN |
9780521855617 hardback |
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0521855616 hardback |
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