Opera books

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Italian Opera in Global and Transnational Perspective: Reimagining Italianità in the Long Nineteenth Century

Italian Opera in Global and Transnational Perspective:...

Author: Axel Körner (University College London) ,  Paulo M. Kühl
ISBN: 9781108826884
Format: Paperback
$64.66

As Italian opera gained an international following during the nineteenth century, the idea of operatic Italianness...  Read More >>

Opera Outside the Box: Notions of Opera in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Opera Outside the Box: Notions of Opera in Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Roberta Montemorra Marvin (University of Massachusetts, USA)
ISBN: 9781032168883
Format: Paperback
$83.99

"Opera Outside the Box: Notions of Opera in Nineteenth-Century Britain addresses operatic ""experiences"" outside...  Read More >>

Opera as Art: Philosophical Sketches

Opera as Art: Philosophical Sketches

Author: Paul Thom
ISBN: 9781666914252
Format: Paperback
$68.99

Paul Thom argues that opera is a set of practices framed by the concepts of work, interpretation, performance, and...  Read More >>

Pirates of the High Cs: Revised 2024 Edition: Opera Bootlegging in the 20th Century

Pirates of the High Cs: Revised 2024 Edition: Opera...

Author: Nicholas E Limansky
ISBN: 9781936411702
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Practiced internationally between 1960 and 2000, opera piracy (the illegal practice of recording live operatic performances...  Read More >>

La �pera de Beijing en espa�ol

La �pera de Beijing en espa�ol

Author: Yang Song
ISBN: 9788412731996
Format: Paperback
$58.05

Este libro es un viaje por el coraz�n palpitante de una de las tradiciones esc�nicas m�s fascinantes de China: la...  Read More >>

The Nurse in History and Opera: From Servant to Sister

The Nurse in History and Opera: From Servant to Sister...

Author: Judith Barger
ISBN: 9781666957341
Format: Hardback
$206.00

This book explores the role of the ubiquitous nurse character found in over one hundred operas and provides insight...  Read More >>

The World Got Away: A Memoir

The World Got Away: A Memoir

Author: Mikel Rouse ,  Kyle Gann
ISBN: 9780252045813
Format: Hardback
$239.00

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The World Got Away: A Memoir

The World Got Away: A Memoir

Author: Mikel Rouse ,  Kyle Gann
ISBN: 9780252087912
Format: Paperback
$54.99

One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Mikel Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas that includes...  Read More >>

Scores of Being: Opera and Dialectics

Scores of Being: Opera and Dialectics

Author: H a E Hub Zwart
ISBN: 9783643916396
Format: Paperback
$124.20

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Opera for Everyone: The Industry's Experiments with American Opera in the Digital Age

Opera for Everyone: The Industry's Experiments with...

Author: Megan Steigerwald Ille
ISBN: 9780472076642
Format: Hardback
$237.60

Through ethnographic work with The Industry’s creators and performers, and examination of the company’s first decade...  Read More >>

Screening the Operatic Stage: Television and Beyond

Screening the Operatic Stage: Television and Beyond...

Author: Christopher Morris
ISBN: 9780226831299
Format: Paperback
$61.95

"An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media...  Read More >>

Do I Bark Like a Dog?: How an Italian Family History Shaped a Boy in London

Do I Bark Like a Dog?: How an Italian Family History...

Author: Michael Volpe
ISBN: 9781804470862
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Exploring his colourful, rich and often dramatic life in London and summers spent in southern Italy among his large...  Read More >>

Twenty-Four Songs and Arias in Spanish: From XV to XXI Centuries. For Medium-Low Voices

Twenty-Four Songs and Arias in Spanish: From XV to XXI...

Author: Patricia Caicedo
ISBN: 9780981720401
Format: Paperback
$100.32

A thoughtfully curated anthology of Spanish songs and arias for voice and piano spanning from the 15th to the 21st...  Read More >>

Screening the Operatic Stage: Television and Beyond

Screening the Operatic Stage: Television and Beyond...

Author: Christopher Morris
ISBN: 9780226831275
Format: Hardback
$186.95

"An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media...  Read More >>

Valuing Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera Fantasias for Woodwind Instruments: Trash Music

Valuing Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera Fantasias for...

Author: Rachel N. Becker
ISBN: 9781032491769
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Wagner's Theatre: In Search of a Legacy

Wagner's Theatre: In Search of a Legacy

Author: Patrick Carnegy
ISBN: 9780718897437
Format: Hardback
$129.38

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Callas 100

Callas 100

Author: Giampaolo Guida
ISBN: 9791280717221
Format: Hardback
$105.00

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Music Glocalization and the Composer: The Case of Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924)

Music Glocalization and the Composer: The Case of Franz...

Author: Mikolaj Rykowski
ISBN: 9781666936834
Format: Hardback
$223.00

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Opera, Tragedy, and Neighbouring Forms from Corneille to Calzabigi

Opera, Tragedy, and Neighbouring Forms from Corneille...

Author: Blair Hoxby
ISBN: 9781487503512
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This book explores the tense relationship between opera and tragedy - often described as antithetical forms of theatre...  Read More >>

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