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Author:

Warren, Raymond, 1928-

Title:

Opera workshop : studies in understanding and interpretation / Raymond Warren.

Publisher:

Ashgate Pub. Co.,
Ashgate Pub. Co.,

Copyright Date:

c1995

Description:

x, 279 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Opera.
Opera--Production and direction.
Operas

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and index.

Contents:

1. Operatic action and the dimensiion of time. 1. Recitative and aria in Handel and Mozart: Handel ; Mozart -- 7. The solo voice in the operas of other composers: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo ; L'Incoronazione di Poppea ; Verdi's Rigoletto ; Puccini's La Boheme ; Britten's Peter Grimes -- 3. The duet/ensemble: The equal duet ; The unequal ensemble ; A Mozart trio -- Part II. The orchestra enlarges the stage. 4. Dance and atmospheric background: Early instances of orchestral independence ; Orchestral march and choral dance ; Storms and Bohemians -- 5. The symphonic dimension in Wagner: Harmony and leitmotif ; A note on performance practice ; Loge's narration -- 6. Speech and Sprechgesang: Spoken dialogue between musical movements ; Melodrama ; Sprechgesang -- 7. More music and action: Two operatic deaths ; Structural and decorative action ; Ritualistic action ; Music as commentary on action ; Operatic action and the dimensiion of time.

ISBN:

9780859679701
0859679705

OCLC:

(OCoLC)30157047

LCCN:

94013604

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)