La Sonnambula

La Sonnambula
Author: Vincenzo Bellini
Publisher:
Total Pages: 62
Release: 1853
Genre: Operas
ISBN:

Landscape and Gender in Italian Opera

Landscape and Gender in Italian Opera
Author: Emanuele Senici
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2005-08-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521834377

An unusual look at Italian opera in the nineteenth century.

Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935-2020

Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935-2020
Author: Emilio Sala
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2024-10-31
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1501391216

Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935–2020 offers nine case studies of the history of Vincenzo Bellini's operas on stage, on screen, and in sound, video and performance art. This investigation begins in 1935, the hundredth anniversary of the composer's death and the year when his first biopic was released, and ends in 2020, when performance artist Marina Abramovic's 'opera project' 7 Deaths of Maria Callas, whose final scene is accompanied by Bellini's famous aria 'Casta Diva,' was premiered. In Part One, several recent productions of La sonnambula, Norma and I Puritani are discussed from different perspectives, but the common focus is on the possible meanings of these works for contemporary spectators. Part Two, centered on cinema, includes chapters on biopics of Bellini that make extensive use of his music, as well as on the presence of this music in soundtracks of films from the last half century. Part Three turns to other media or mixtures of stage and screen, and focuses on Bellini in sound and video art of the last few decades, on YouTube and its fandom, and on 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. The volume offers an expansive view of the many ways in which Bellini's operas have been visualized and conceptualized over the past century, and of what they may have meant, and may still mean, for twentieth- and twenty-first-century culture.

Memoir of Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt

Memoir of Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt
Author: Henry Scott Holland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2011-10-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108038697

A two-volume memoir based on the letters and diaries of renowned soprano Jenny Lind (1820-87), published in 1891.

The Teatro Solís

The Teatro Solís
Author: Susana Salgado
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2003-07-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780819565945

The first comprehensive history of the oldest major opera house in the Americas.

Balanchine Variations

Balanchine Variations
Author: Nancy Goldner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The literature on Balanchine is vast, but it is primarily biographical. Balanchine Variations is the first book to concentrate on the ballets themselves, providing critical analysis and detailed descriptions of what the dancers actually do. Beginning with Apollo (1928), Balanchine's first extant work, and ending with one of his last ballets, Ballo della Regina (1978), Nancy Goldner offers detailed insights into more than twenty individual ballets. Based on lectures given across the United States, under the auspices of the Balanchine Foundation, they are intended to illuminate his art. Goldner discusses the history of each ballet, places each in the context of Balanchine's life and sensibility. She also addresses his taste in music and whether his style can be considered particularly American. The ballets Balanchine choreographed for the New York City Ballet are danced by companies around the world, and this innovative book is sure to become an indispensable guide to dancers and spectators alike.

A History of the Philadelphia Theatre, 1835-1855

A History of the Philadelphia Theatre, 1835-1855
Author: Arthur Herman Wilson
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2017-01-30
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1512819360

The first three volumes of a series that is to run to the present day and give complete theatrical records of their periods, with elaborate indexes of plays, players, and playwrights.

Opera on the Road

Opera on the Road
Author: Katherine K. Preston
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 508
Release: 1993
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780252070020

"Leads the reader on an operatic tour of pre-Civil War America in this cultural study of what was an almost ubiquitous art form. It covers orchestral and choral musicians as well as stars, impresarios, business methods, repertories, advertising techniques, itineraries, sizes of companies, and methods of travel." -- Publisher's description