Opera in theory and practice, image and myth
By: edited by Lorenzo Bianconi and Giorgio Pestelli ; translations from the Italian by Kenneth Chalmers and from the German by Mary Whittall
Contributors: Bianconi, Lorenzo.; Pestelli, Giorgio.
Series: The history of Italian opera -- v. 6. -- Part II, Systems; Storia dell'opera italiana -- v. 6; Storia dell'opera italiana
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
Subjects: Opera -- Italy; Opera -- Italy -- Dramaturgy; Opera -- Social aspects -- Italy
Work titles: Teorie e tecniche, immagini e fantasmi. English
Description: "This sixth volume in the series centers on the sociological and critical aspects of opera in Italy, considering the art in the context of an Italian literary and cultural canon rarely revealed in English and American studies. In its six chapters, contributors survey critics' changing attitudes toward opera over several centuries, trace the evolution of formal conventions among librettists, explore the historical relationships between opera and Italian literature, and examine opera's place in Italian popular and national culture. In perhaps the volume's most striking contribution, German scholar Carl Dahlhaus offers his most important statement on the dramaturgy of opera."--Jacket.
Notes: Translation of: Teorie e tecniche immagini e fantasmi

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Renato Di Benedetto; title: Renato Di Benedetto -- Carl Dahlhaus; title: Renato Di Benedetto -- Carl Dahlhaus -- Paolo Fabbri; title: Renato Di Benedetto -- Carl Dahlhaus -- Paolo Fabbri -- Marzio Pieri; title: Renato Di Benedetto -- Carl Dahlhaus -- Paolo Fabbri -- Marzio Pieri -- Roberto Leydi; title: Renato Di Benedetto-- Carl Dahlhaus-- Paolo Fabbri-- Marzio Pieri-- Roberto Leydi-- Giovanni Morelli