| Contents |
Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on transliteration, abbreviations and sources -- Introduction: Prokofiev and Opera -- 1 Early Operatic Experiments and Maddalena -- 2 Between Opera and Theatre: Radicalisation of Style in The Gambler -- 3 A Successful Enterprise: Love for Three Oranges -- 4 The Devil Within: Theatre and Spectacle in The Fiery Angel -- 5 Towards a Soviet Operatic Style: Semyon Kotko -- 6 Betrothal in a Monastery and the Retreat from Ideology -- 7 War and Peace: The Prokofievan Operatic Ideal? |
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8 Dramaturgical Re-evaluation in The Story of a Real Man -- Epilogue -- Synopses -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The operas of Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) mark a significant contribution to twentieth-century music and theatre. Opera was Prokofiev's preferred genre; not counting juvenile and unfinished works, he wrote a total of eight. Yet, to date, little has been published about the context, rationale or musical and compositional processes behind this output. While systematic studies of Prokofiev's symphonies and his ballets exist, the operas have come under no such scrutiny. This book is the first in the English language to engage with the composer's operatic output in its entirety and provides a contextual, critical and musico-analytical account of all of Prokofiev's operas, including those juvenile works that are unpublished as well as the incomplete works composed towards the end of his life. It also includes synopses of the operas. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and other sources, the book provides the compelling untold story of Prokofiev the opera composer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from title page (Ebook Central, viewed 2020-06-03) |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Guillaumier, Christina. Operas of Sergei Prokofiev. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2020 1783274484 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781787446236 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1787446239 (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctvnqb6t5 JSTOR |
