Italian Opera and European Theatre, 1680-1720
Plots, Performers, Dramaturgies
By (author) Melania Bucciarelli
What emerges from this study, is a picture of 18th-century opera as a literary work as well as a theatrical and musical event in its challenging and variable interactions of poetry, music, gesture and decor.
What emerges from this study, is a picture of 18th-century opera as a literary work as well as a theatrical and musical event in its challenging and variable interactions of poetry, music, gesture and decor. This is illuminated by an exploration of both the context of ideas in which opera flourished and the aims that animated those who where involved with its existence – poets, composers, performers, dramatists, impresari, patrons, audiences – in an attempt to penetrate the secrets of its appeal, of that tacit agreement between authors and audiences, that made it possible for dramatist, musicians and stage designers to manipulate spectator’s emotions and reactions as successfully as many sources document.
- By (author) Melania Bucciarelli
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Singing Speech and Speaking Melodies
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Le sentiment religieux entre profane et sacre (1830-1914)
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Of Signs and Sounds
Musical Interpretation and Performance from the 19th to the 21st Century
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Beethoven the European
Transcultural Contexts of Performance, Interpretation and Reception
Volume 48
The Sound of Empire
Soundscapes, Aesthetics and Performance between Ancien regime and Restoration
Volume 51
En pelerinage avec Liszt
Virtuosos, Repertoire and Performing Venues in 19th-Century Europe
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