| Series |
Princeton studies in opera
Princeton studies in opera. ^A273667
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| Contents |
Orpheus, one last performance -- Magic Flute, nocturnal sun -- Metempsychotic Wagner -- Debussy's phantom sounds -- Outside the tomb. |
| Abstract |
This book considers the nature of operatic performance and the acoustic images of performance present in operas from Monteverdi to Ravel. Paying tribute to music's realization by musicians and singers, the author argues that operatic works are indelibly bound to the contingency of live singing, playing, and staging. She seeks a middle ground between operas as abstractions and performance as the phenomenon that brings opera into being. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-280) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001036271 |
| ISBN | 0691090033 (alk. paper) |
