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Italian Opera Since 1945 (Hardcover)
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Italian Opera Since 1945 (Hardcover)
Series: Contemporary Music Studies
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Italy, the birthplace of opera in the late sixteenth century, has
in recent decades seen remarkable and vital musical growth, with
composers as diverse as Luciano Berio and Nino Rota, Luigi Nono and
Sylvano Bussotti, Giacomo Manzoni, Bruno Maderna and Salvatore
Sciarrino. The musical theatre has figured prominently in the work
of Italian composers during this period, ranging from operas
conceived in a traditional mode to works of a Music Theatre
variety, and in style from popular to avant-garde.
In this book Raymond Fearn surveys this Italian musico-theatrical
phenomenon in the period since the Second World War, examining a
wide range of works such as Nono's "Intolleranza" and "Al Gran Sole
Carico d'Amore," Berio's "Passaggio" and "Un re in ascolto,"
Manzoni's "Atomtod" and "La Sentenza" and Castiglioni's "Oberon and
The King's" "Masque," and places these developments within a
cultural and theatrical context. Illustrated by numerous musical
examples and producti
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