Orientalism and the operatic world / Nicholas Tarling.

Author/creator Tarling, Nicholas
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Descriptionxi, 342 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Recitatives. Globalising and glocalising opera ; The genre ; Orientalisms -- Arias. Bible-based operas ; Crusaders, Arabs and Turks ; Egypt ; India and Ceylon ; China ; Japan ; Russia.
Abstract Western opera is a globalized and globalizing phenomenon and affords us a unique opportunity for exploring the concept of "orientalism," the subject of literary scholar Edward Said's modern classic on the topic. Nicholas Tarling's Orientalism and the Operatic World places opera in the context of its steady globalization over the past two centuries. In this important survey, Tarling first considers how the Orient appears on the operatic stage in Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States before exploring individual operas according to the region of the "Orient" in which the work is set.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014046133
ISBN9781442245433 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN9781442245440 electronic book

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