Opera as drama.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, Knopf, 1956.Edition: [1st ed.]Description: 269 p. 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 782
- ML3858 .K4
Contents:
Introduction: Opera as drama -- THE TRADITION: Orpheus: the neoclassic vision -- The dark ages -- Action and the musical continuity -- Mozart -- Otello: traditional opera and the image of Shakespeare -- REFORM: Opera as sung play -- Opera as symphonic poem -- RETRENCHMENT: Wozzeck and The Rake's Progress -- Drama and the alternative.
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Introduction: Opera as drama -- THE TRADITION: Orpheus: the neoclassic vision -- The dark ages -- Action and the musical continuity -- Mozart -- Otello: traditional opera and the image of Shakespeare -- REFORM: Opera as sung play -- Opera as symphonic poem -- RETRENCHMENT: Wozzeck and The Rake's Progress -- Drama and the alternative.