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A Mad Love - An Introduction to Opera (Hardcover)
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A Mad Love - An Introduction to Opera (Hardcover)
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Opera is a visceral, emotional experience. No prior knowledge is
needed to enjoy a soaring aria, or to be moved to laughter and to
tears by popular operas like Carmen and La Boheme. But to fully
appreciate this centuries-old art form, one must know its history
and the many ways its component parts-music, poetry, theater-can be
fit together. In A Mad Love, critic Vivien Schweitzer offers a
lively introduction to opera, spanning from Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in
1600, generally considered the first successful opera, to Dead Man
Walking and Anna Nicole Smith in recent decades. Along the way, she
introduces readers to the genre's most important composers,
performers, and conductors, and to its key terminology, from
coloratura to recitative. She recounts the longstanding debates
about how best to pair story and song that have shaped opera over
the centuries, highlighting some of the ways operas have shocked
and delighted listeners. Dissecting opera's eclectic musical
language, she equips readers to assess precisely how a particular
performance succeeded or failed. There is undoubtedly a thrill to
hearing a great opera singer fill a beautiful, historic theater
with his or her unamplified voice. But today, opera ranges far
beyond these traditional quarters; it is everywhere, from movie
theaters to public parks and offbeat performance spaces to our
earbuds. A Mad Love is an essential book for anyone who wants to
appreciate this living, evolving art form in all its richness.
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