Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture

Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture
Author: Laurence Senelick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0521871808

Provides a fresh and global perspective on the works and influence of a nineteenth-century musical and theatrical phenomenon.

La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein = (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein): Comic Opera in Three Acts

La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein = (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein): Comic Opera in Three Acts
Author: Jacques Offenbach
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781017206357

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Opera Production

Opera Production
Author: Eaton
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1974
Genre: Opera
ISBN: 1452911010

Eyewitness Companions: Opera

Eyewitness Companions: Opera
Author: Leslie Dunton-Downer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2006-10-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0756643902

Spanning 400 years of musical drama, Eyewitness Companions: Opera is your guide to the musical world. Explore operas and composers from the late Renaissance on, including such classical masters as Verdi, Puccini, and Bizet. Eyewitness Companions: Opera is the complete visual guidebook to the great operas, their composers and performance history. Eyewitness Companions: Opera includes more than 160 operas by 66 composers around the world. This richly illustrated eBook includes act-by-act plot synopses and storyline highlights, plus detailed profiles cover composers, Librettists, singers, and more.

Exiles in Hollywood

Exiles in Hollywood
Author: Gene D. Phillips
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Total Pages: 640
Release: 1998
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780934223492

The book deals with five European film directors who were forced to remain in exile in the wake of the rise of Hitler and who subsequently enriched the American motion picture industry with a reservoir of new talent that had been nurtured in Europe. The directors treated are Fritz Lang, William Wyler, Otto Preminger, Fred Zinnemann, and Billy Wilder.

New York Magazine

New York Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1982-05-03
Genre:
ISBN:

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.