Bibliograph

A history of opera, Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker

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A history of opera, Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-578) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A history of opera

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

783162474

Responsibility statement

Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker

Table Of Contents

Opera's first centennial -- Opera seria -- Discipline -- Opera buffa and Mozart's line of beauty -- Singing and speaking before 1800 -- The German problem -- Rossini and transition -- The tenor comes of age -- Young Verdi -- Grand opera -- Young Wagner -- Opéra comique, the crucible -- Old Wagner -- Verdi : older still -- Realism and clamour -- Turning point -- Modern speech -- We are alone in the forest

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