| Autor: |
Henson, Karen, 1972-, author |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Informace o vydání: |
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
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| Druh dokumentu: |
Online; Non-fiction; Electronic document |
| Abstrakt: |
Summary: Opera Acts explores a wealth of new historical material about singers in the late nineteenth century and challenges the idea that this was a period of decline for the opera singer. In detailed case studies of four figures - the late Verdi baritone Victor Maurel; Bizet's first Carmen, Célestine Galli-Marié; Massenet's muse of the 1880s and '90s, Sibyl Sanderson; and the early Wagner star Jean de Reszke - Karen Henson argues that singers in the late nineteenth century continued to be important, but in ways that were not conventionally 'vocal'. Instead they enjoyed a freedom and creativity based on their ability to express text, act and communicate physically, and exploit the era's media. By these and other means, singers played a crucial role in the creation of opera up to the end of the nineteenth century. |
| Databáze: |
Vybrané kolekce e-knih |
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