The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera by Anthony R Deldonna

The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera by Anthony R Deldonna

Reflecting a wide variety of approaches to eighteenth-century opera, this Companion brings together leading international experts in the field to provide a valuable reference source. Viewing opera as a complex and fascinating form of art and social ritual, rather than reducing it simply to music and text analysis, individual essays investigate aspects such as audiences, architecture of the theaters, marketing, acting style, and the politics and strategy of representing class and gender. Overall, the volume provides a synthesis of well established knowledge, reflects recent research on eighteenth-century opera, and stimulates further research. The reader is encouraged to view opera as a cultural phenomenon that can reveal aspects of our culture, both past and present. Eighteenth-century opera is experiencing continuing critical and popular success through innovative and provoking productions world-wide, and this Companion will appeal to opera goers as well as to students and teachers of this key topic.

'This Companion has succeeded in its aim to address a wide range of skills and interestsThe style is always accessible … It cannot fail to leave its readers enlightened.' Musical Times

Anthony R. DelDonna is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Georgetown University, Washington DC. Pierpaolo Polzonetti is Assistant Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.

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ISBN 13	9780521695381
ISBN 10	0521695384
Title	The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera
Author	Anthony R Deldonna
Series	Cambridge Companions To Music
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2009-06-25
Number of pages	344
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