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100 1 a| Gossett, Philip.=| ^A147183;

245 10 a| Divas and scholars :b| performing Italian opera /c| Philip Gossett.;

260 a| Chicago :b| University of Chicago Press,c| 2006.;

300 a| xxii, 675 pages :b| music ;c| 24 cm;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 621-642) and indexes.;

520 a| This book is a beguiling account of how opera comes to the stage, filled with the author's personal experiences of triumphant--and even failed--performances and suffused with his towering and tonic passion for music. Writing as a fan, a musician, and a scholar, the author, the learning authority on the performance of Italian opera in the entire world, brings to life the problems, and occasionally the scandals, that attend the production of some of the world's favorite operas. He begins by tracing the social history of nineteenth-century Italian theaters in order to explain the nature of the musical scores from which performers have long worked. He then illuminates the often hidden but crucial negotiations that go on between opera scholars and opera conductors and performers.;

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Divas and scholars : performing Italian opera / Philip Gossett.

Author/creator	Gossett, Philip
Format	Book
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Description	xxii, 675 pages : music ; 24 cm
Subjects	Opera. Opera--Production and direction. Opera--Performance. Operas--Performances.

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.
Abstract	This book is a beguiling account of how opera comes to the stage, filled with the author's personal experiences of triumphant--and even failed--performances and suffused with his towering and tonic passion for music. Writing as a fan, a musician, and a scholar, the author, the learning authority on the performance of Italian opera in the entire world, brings to life the problems, and occasionally the scandals, that attend the production of some of the world's favorite operas. He begins by tracing the social history of nineteenth-century Italian theaters in order to explain the nature of the musical scores from which performers have long worked. He then illuminates the often hidden but crucial negotiations that go on between opera scholars and opera conductors and performers.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 621-642) and indexes.
LCCN	2005032151
ISBN	0226304825 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780226304823

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