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Opera Acts - Singers and Performance in the Late Nineteenth Century (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,837
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Opera Acts - Singers and Performance in the Late Nineteenth Century (Hardcover): Karen Henson

Opera Acts - Singers and Performance in the Late Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)

Karen Henson

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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, Celestine Galli-Marie; Massenet's muse of the 1880s and 1890s, 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.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 2015
Authors: Karen Henson
Dimensions: 253 x 177 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-00426-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
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LSN: 1-107-00426-8
Barcode: 9781107004269

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