| Description |
xix, 149 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The nature of opera : entry for The New Grove Dictionary of Opera -- Mozart's comedies and the sense of an ending -- Mozart's Figaro : a question of class? -- Don Giovanni as an idea -- Passion and cynicism : remarks on Cosi fan tutte -- Rather red than black : Verdi, Don Carlos and the passion for freedom -- Tristan and time -- The elusiveness of pessimism : responding to the Ring -- Wagner and the transcendence of politics -- L'envers des destinees : remarks on Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande -- Manifest artifice : the ingenuity of Puccini -- Comments on Opera and ideas : from Mozart to Strauss / by Paul Robinson -- The Marriage and the Flute : Tippett and Mozart -- Janacek's modernism : doing less with more in music and philosophy -- Authenticity and re-creation : musicology, performance and production -- Naive and sentimental opera lovers. |
| Subject |
Opera.
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| ISBN |
0300089767 (alk. paper) |
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9780300089769 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2424305 |
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IG# 0300089767 |
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NLGGC 300380992 |
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NZ1 10833138 |
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AU@ 000040330287 |
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IG# 9780300089769 |
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