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First published

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

xi, 351 stran ; 25 cm

ISBN 978-0-521-67169-9 (brožováno)

Cambridge companions to music

Obsahuje bibliografii na stranách 325-337, bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík

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Contents // Notes on contributors [page viiij Acknowledgements [xi] // Introduction: opera studies today Nicholas Till [ 1 ] // Part I • Institutions // 1 Opera, the state and society Thomas Ertman [25] // 2 The business of opera Nicholas Payne [53] // 3 The operatic event: opera houses and opera audiences Nicholas Till [70] // Part II • Constituents // 4 Too much music’: the media of opera Christopher Morris [95] // 5 Voices and singers Susan Rutherford [117] // 6 Opera and modes of theatrical production Simon Williams [139] // 7 Opera and the technologies of theatrical production Nicholas Ridout [ 159] // Part III • Forms // 8 The dramaturgy of opera Laurel E. Zeiss [179] // 9 Genre and poetics Alessandra Campana [202] // 10 The operatic work: texts, performances, receptions and repertories Nicholas Till [225] // PartIV • Issues // 11 Opera and gender studies Heather Hadlock [257] // 12 Opera and national identity Suzanne Aspden [276] // 13 ’An exotic and irrational entertainment’: opera and our others; opera as other Nicholas Till [298] // Further reading [325] // Index [338] // [vii]