The birth of opera
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The birth of opera
Clarendon Press, 1995
paperback ed
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-254) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text deals with the predecessors and early specimens of opera from Poliziano's "Orfeo" (circa 1480) to Monteverdi's "Arianna" (1608). It examines the role played by such poets as Poliziano, Tasso, Guarini, Rinuccini and Chiabrera and the conventions that gradually developed for shaping the dramatic plot with regard to operatic structure - in particular the problem of the finale, which required a happy ending - and the inevitable foil preceding it, the expressive solo singing of a lament, which was often accompanied by an echo. The accent is on the early operas of Peri and Monteverdi and their predecessors, the Intermedi, but frequent references to later operas by Cavalli, Gluck, Mozart, Verdi and Stravinsky relate the origins of the genre to its essence through the centuries. In particular, the enduring fascination with the Orpheus myth, from ancient Greece to Haydn and Stravinsky, is explored in detail. This work is intended for students of music, opera, literature, history of theatre and the Italian Renaissance.
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