Description |
1 online resource (xix, 348 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : opera, staging, technology -- Wagner's Venusberg -- Curtain -- Gong -- Steam -- Epilogue : Wagnerian failure -- Notes. |
Summary |
"In this innovative book, Gundula Kreuzer argues for the foundational role of technologies in the conception, production, and study of nineteenth-century opera. She shows how composers increasingly incorporated novel audiovisual effects in their works and how the uses and meanings of the required machineries consistently changed, sometimes still resonating in contemporary stagings, performance art, and popular culture. Focusing on devices (which she dubs 'Wagnerian technologies') intended to amalgamate opera's various media while veiling their mechanics, Kreuzer offers a practical counternarrative to Wagner's idealist theories of total illusionism. Curtain, Gong, Steam's multifaceted exploration of the three titular technologies repositions Wagner as catalyst more than inventor in the history of operatic production. With its broad chronological and geographical scope, the book deepens our understanding of the material and mechanical conditions of historical operatic practice as well as of individual works, both well known and obscure"--Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Aesthetics.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. |
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Aesthetics. |
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Opera and technology -- History -- 19th century.
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Opera and technology. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Opera -- Production and direction -- History -- 19th century.
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Opera -- Production and direction. |
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Opera -- Stage-setting and scenery -- History -- 19th century.
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Opera -- Stage-setting and scenery. |
Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Kreuzer, Gundula Katharina, 1975- Curtain, gong, steam. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520279681 (DLC) 2017052549 |
ISBN |
9780520966550 (electronic book) |
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0520966554 (electronic book) |
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9780520279681 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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