History of opera / edited by Stanley Sadie.
| Other author | Sadie, Stanley editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First American edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. |
| Description | xiii, 485 pages, 72 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Norton/Grove handbooks in music Norton/Grove handbooks in music. ^A256358 |
| Contents | Introduction. Musical theatre in non-Western societies ; Early music drama in Europe ; Prelude / Stanley Sadie -- Part 1. Baroque opera. Italy / Thomas Walker. Florentine opera and its background ; Roman opera ; Venetian opera ; Comic opera ; The late 17th century ; Italian opera abroad -- Germany and Austria / Peter Branscombe -- France / James R. Anthony. The beginnings ; Lully's tragedie lyrique ; The generation after Lully -- England / Curtis Price. Masque and the earliest opera ; Early semi-opera ; The age of Purcell ; Anglo-Italian opera ; The age of Handel -- Spain / Jack Sage -- Staging. Design / Manfred Boetzkes. The early Italian perspective stage ; The Italian transformation stage ; North of the Alps -- Production / Roger Savage. Princely opera: the 1590s to the 1640s ; The Venetian and Parisian axes: the 1640s to the 1690s -- Entr'acte I / Stanley Sadie -- Part two: Pre-classical and classical opera. Italy. Metastasian serious opera / Daniel Heartz. Dramaturgy ; 1720-40 ; 1740-70 ; 1770-1800 -- Comic opera. The intermezzo / Charles Troy ; Opera buffa / Michael Robinson -- Germany and Austria. The Singspiel / Peter Branscombe. The rise of Singspiel ; North Germany ; Vienna -- Classical Viennese opera / Stanley Sadie. Gluck ; Haydn ; Mozart ; Beethoven -- France. The tragedie / James R. Anthony -- Opera-ballet and related genres / James R. Anthony -- Early opera comique. Terminology, antecedents, origins / Martin Cooper. 1715-50 ; 1750-62 / David Charlton ; 1762-9 ; 1769-90 -- England / Curtis Price -- Spain / Lionel Salter -- Staging. Design / Manfred Boetzkes -- Production / Roger Savage. Introduction ; Opera seria ; The Paris Academie ; Comedy and new tendencies -- Entr'acte II / Stanley Sadie -- Part three: Romantic opera. Italy / Julian Budden. Neo-classical and revolutionary period ; The age of Rossini, 1813-30 ; Romantic period, 1830-50 ; The mid-century, 1850-70 ; The age of grand opera, 1870-90 -- Germany and Austria / John Warrack. Subject matter ; The generation of Weber ; Wagner and after -- France. Opera comique / Winton Dean. The revolutionary period ; Early 19th century ; Mid-19th century ; Late 19th century -- Grand opera / Dennis Libby. The genre ; The creation of grand opera ; A union of the arts -- Fusion / Ronald Crichton -- Russia and Eastern Europe / Geoffrey Norris. Russia up to Glinka ; Bohemian and other nationalists ; Tchaikovsky and the Five -- Britain / Nicholas Temperley -- Iberian and Scandinavia. Spain and Portugal / Lionel Salter ; Scandinavia / John Horton -- America. The USA and Canada / Victor Yellin ; Latin America / Malena Kuss -- Operetta, musical comedy, zarzuela. Origins and development / Andrew Lamb ; France ; Austria, Germany, England ; Spain / Lionel Salter -- Staging. Design / Manfred Boetzkes -- Production / Roger Savage, Will Crutchfield -- Entr'acte III / Stanley Sadie -- Part four: the 20th century. Italy. Puccini and the period 1890-1910 / Julian Budden, John C. G. Waterhouse ; 1910-30 / John C. G. Waterhouse ; 1930-50 ; Since 1950 -- Germany, Austria, Switzerland / Derrick Puffett. The early years of the century ; Schoenberg, Berg and their contemporaries ; Between the wars ; Since 1945 -- France / Ronald Crichton -- The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe / Laurel Fay. Russia and the Soviet Union ; Eastern Europe -- Britain / Peter Evans -- Iberia, Scandinavia, the Low Countries. Spain and Portugal / Lionel Salter ; Scandinavia / John Horton ; Australia / Therese Radic -- The lighter forms. General developments / Andrew Lamb ; Continental operetta ; Britain ; Spain / Lionel Salter ; USA to 1940 / Andrew Lamb ; The postwar American musical -- Staging. Design / Manfred Boetzkes. 1900-45 ; Since 1945 / Manfred Boetzkes, Paul Sheren -- Production / Paul Sheren. Origins ; Felsenstein and Wieland Wagner ; Felsenstein's disciples ; The shock of iconoclasm ; The East German tradition ; Spectacle and anti-spectacle ; The English theatre ; Britain and the USA. |
| Abstract | A survey of opera covering baroque, pre-classical, classical, 19th century and 20th century. It includes an introductory essay on the nature and social place of opera and is organized by century examining national developments within the chronological framework. Discussion of stage design and production is included, offering the student, researcher or enthusiast an opportunity to see the development of design, stage movement and gesture in the context of the development of opera itself. The book contains many illustrations, engravings, prints and photographs. |
| General note | Parts of this material first published in the New Grove dictionary of music and musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie, 1980. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-463) and index. |
| ISBN | 0393028100 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1700 .H57 1990 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1700 .H57 1990 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |