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Opera and its Symbols - The Unity of Words, Music and Staging (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R1,121
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Opera and its Symbols - The Unity of Words, Music and Staging (Paperback, New Ed): Robert Donington

Opera and its Symbols - The Unity of Words, Music and Staging (Paperback, New Ed)

Robert Donington

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Robert Donington, the noted musicologist, performer, and writer, is famous for his influential and provocative book Wagner's "Ring" and Its Symbols, and for his indispensable reference work The Interpretation of Early Music. In this book he discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. Only in this way, says Donington, can we be faithful to the conscious or unconscious symbolism invested in the work by the composer and librettist. Starting form Carlyle's premise that "it is through symbols that man, consciously or unconsciously, lives, works and has his being," Donington interprets scenes and characters from operas by Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Puccini, Debussy, Strauss, Stravinsky, Berg, Britten, Tippett, and other composers. Time and again Donington sheds new light on operatic situations that are problematic or have become over-familiar. His lively and wide-ranging work reveals a deep knowledge and love of opera, combined with a rare insight into hidden meanings to be found in music, words, and action.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 1992
First published: August 1992
Authors: Robert Donington
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 256
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-05661-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera
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LSN: 0-300-05661-3
Barcode: 9780300056617

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