A season of opera
Subtitle: from Orpheus to Ariadne
By: M. Owen Lee.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Operas -- Analysis, appreciation; Opéras -- Analyse et appréciation; Opéra
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-219), discography/videography (p. [221]-230), and index.
Table of contents: title: The birth of opera from the spirit of Orpheus; title: Du musst dein Leben ändern : Orfeo ed Euridice; title: The opera of all operas : Don Giovanni; title: The music of intuitive angels : The magic flute; title: Music to set the spirit free : Fidelio; title: Show business sense : L'elisir d'amore; title: Oh, sweet music of Donizetti! : Lucia di Lammermoor; title: Elemental, furious, wholly true : Il trovatore; title: The requisite miracle : La traviata; title: The whole checkered play of life : La forza del destino; title: Melt Egypt into Nile : Aida; title: A figure as old as comedy : Falstaff; title: The exasperated eagle and the stoic saint : Les troyens; title: The sins of Wagner's youth : Rienzi; title: Long day's journey into night : Tristan und Isolde; title: The making of a musical legend : Palestrina; title: The moon is like the moon : Salome; title: Genius and morbidezza : Manon Lescaut; title: Mists, sails, sounds, and impressions : Pelléas et Mélisande; title: It is your turn to speak : Dialogues des Carmélites; title: An opera made of songs : Porgy and Bess; title: The music wrote itself : Oklahoma!; title: Hurry up please its [sic] time.