C. W. Von Gluck - Orfeo (Book)

This book explains how and why Gluck’s historically important and best-loved opera Orfeo came into existence, and shows why it has retained its popularity. The work is placed in its context of Gluck’s ‘reform of opera’, an artistic movement involving actors, dancers, designers, writers and philosophers, as well as musicians and librettists. Patricia Howard and her fellow contributors describe how the opera has been reinterpreted during the two hundred years between its first performance and the present day. Differing twentieth-century views based on practical experience of the work are put forward by the conductors John Eliot Gardiner and Sir Charles Mackerras, the singer Kevin Smith and the English National Opera music consultant Tom Hammond.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1981
First published:	1981
Authors:	Patricia Howard
Dimensions:	138 x 215 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Book
Pages:	156
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-29664-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera
LSN:	0-521-29664-1
Barcode:	9780521296649

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