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Title Page Contents Dedication Illustrations Preface and acknowledgements A History of Opera 1. Introduction WORDS AND MUSIC TELLING THE STORY, THE REALITY ISSUE POPULARITY AND CONVENTION EXPRESSION AND BOREDOM
2. Opera’s first centennial OPERA’S BIRTH ORPHEUS AS OPERA COMPOSER VENICE AND THE ASCENT OF SINGING SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST GENERIC OPERA POSTLUDE: THE DIASPORA 3. Opera seria THE SINGING PROFESSION OPERATIC REFORMERS THE NEW OPERA: OPERA SERIA HANDEL AND LONDON RINALDO AND THE SPARROWS THE HANDELIAN AFTERLIFE 4. Discipline THE METASTASIAN CODE LYRIC TRAGEDY BETTER BEHAVIOUR HIGH PASSION AND EFFECT 5. Opera buffa and Mozart’s line of beauty THE DA PONTE FACTOR ORIGINAL SIN VIENNESE OPERA ‘CONSTANZE!’ – WEDDED BLISS OPERA AS ACTION TRIPLE CROWN THE WRONG ALLIANCE 6. Singing and speaking before 1800 THE ACOUSTIC SHOCK COMIC VOICES REAL SONG MELODRAMATIC IMAGINATION 7. The German problem A NEW ANTAGONISM FAITS HISTORIQUES THE GERMAN RESPONSE DER FREISCHÜTZ: THE BOOK OF GHOSTS DER FREISCHÜTZ: SCENIC MUSIC 8. Rossini and transition THE ROSSINIAN CODE TANCREDI AUDIENCES, ORNAMENTS AFTER TANCREDI 9. The tenor comes of age AMOR VIOLENTO TO DIE THROUGH SINGING 10. Young Verdi THE PAGES OPENED SOPHIE LOEWE, TENOR SOPRANO FELICE VARESI, UGLY BARITONE LAUGHING VILLAIN, WEEPING JESTER 11. Grand Opera LUMBERING TORTOISES STAY PERFECTLY STILL THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF GRANDEUR LOST DECADE AND FOUND OBJECTS WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST ATTENTION ‘JE DORMIRAI DANS MON MANTEAU ROYAL’ 12. Young Wagner THE ORIGIN OF A SPECIES WAGNER THE ITALIAN WAGNER’S CARMEN NOISE LIBRETTO RULES 13. Opéra comique, the crucible LAWS AND LOCALITY AESTHETIC SCORN THE TRAUMA OF SADNESS, THE SURVIVAL OF BLISS THE PROMISE OF INFINITE POSSIBILITIES THE VALUE OF FRIVOLITY 14. Old Wagner IN PRAISE OF THE PERIPHERY MOTIFS IN THE DARK EROS AND CARITAS TRISTAN’S OTHER WORLD THE RAINBOW BRIDGE 15. Verdi – older still WALTZES AND A WEEPING FATHER EXOTIC IMMOBILITY OTELLO, FALSTAFF AND THE INTANGIBLE DIVIDE 16. Realism and clamour BORIS AND DIVOS OF THE DEEPS ONEGIN: SALON OPERA THE FRENCH CONNECTION VERISMO 17. Turning point THEATRE OF THE ALMOST-ABSURD OLD KLINGSOR SALOME, TOWARDS THE EXTREME ELEKTRA, ERWARTUNG, BLUEBEARD: THREE ROUTES TO MODERNITY OUTSIDE THE RADIOACTIVE ZONE LATE VERISMO 18. Modern DISTANCE, THE NEW MOOD COMEDY IN LAYERS MOZART PRANKS OFFENBACH PLUS LULLY, BAD TASTE BY WHOSE ACCOUNT WOZZECK, LULU AND THE ART OF NOSTALGIA THE RAKE’S PROGRESS 19. Speech ZEITOPER, OPERA UP TO DATE WHEN EVERYDAY LIFE IS SUNG OLD STRAUSS BROUGHT IN FROM THE COLD SINGING POINT BLANK 20. We are alone in the forest BURN EVERYTHING THE LAST YEARS: BEFORE THE FINAL REPERTORY NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE ‘THE COLD BEGINNING OF ANOTHER DAY’: BRITTEN REVENANTS THAT’S IT. THAT’S OPERA. JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE IN COSTUMES FALLING IN LOVE AND DYING
Illustrations General Bibliography References Penguin Story Copyright Page
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