Title Sing sorrow : classics, history, and heroines in opera / Marianne McDonald.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott: Circulating Collection	ML 1700 .M145 2001	Available	---

Description	viii, 343 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series	Contributions to the study of music and dance, 0193-9041 ; no. 62
	Contributions to the study of music and dance ; no. 62.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
Contents	The birth of opera and the use of classics -- Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria : heroism at home -- Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas : witches and weddings -- Mozart's Idomeneo, re di Creta : the king of the day -- Berlioz's Les Troyens : making the romans romantic -- Strauss's Elektra : a father's daughter -- Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex : the king in a trap -- The gospel at Colonus : black pearls and Greek diamonds -- Theodorakis and Euripides' Medea : the wife and mother from hell.
Subject	Classical literature -- Musical settings -- History and criticism.
	Classical literature.
	Musical settings.
	Operas -- Literary themes, motives.
	Operas -- Literary themes, motives.
	Opera -- Classical influences.
	Opera -- Classical influences.
	Heroines in opera.
	Heroines in opera.
ISBN	0313315671 alkaline paper
	9780313315671 alkaline paper