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Lee M. Owen <1930-> |
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A season of opera : from Orpheus to Ariadne / / M. Owen Lee |
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Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998 |
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©1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-99599-1 |
9786611995997 |
1-4426-7047-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Operas - Analysis, appreciation |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The birth of opera from the spirit of Orpheus -- Du musst dein Leben ändern : Orfeo ed Euridice -- The opera of all operas : Don Giovanni -- The music of intuitive angels : The magic flute -- Music to set the spirit free : Fidelio -- Show business sense : L'elisir d'amore -- Oh, sweet music of Donizetti! : Lucia di Lammermoor -- Elemental, furious, wholly true : Il trovatore -- The requisite miracle : La traviata -- The whole checkered play of life : La forza del destino -- Melt Egypt into Nile : Aida -- A figure as old as comedy : Falstaff -- The exasperated eagle and the stoic saint : Les troyens -- The sins of Wagner's youth : Rienzi -- Long day's journey into night : Tristan und Isolde -- The making of a musical legend : Palestrina -- The moon is like the moon : Salome -- Genius and morbidezza : Manon Lescaut -- Mists, sails, sounds, and impressions : Pelleas et Melisande -- It is your turn to speak : Dialogues des Carmelites -- An opera made of songs : Porgy and Bess -- The music wrote itself : Oklahoma! -- Hurry up please its [sic] time. |
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"Father Owen Lee is internationally known for his intermission commentaries featured during the Saturday afternoon broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. A Season of Opera: From |
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Orpheus to Ariadne gathers together for the first time Father Lee's best broadcast and cassette commentaries, public lectures, and articles on twenty-three works for the musical stage. The essays range from the pioneering Orpheus of Monteverdi to the forward-looking Ariadne of Richard Strauss." "Opera lovers, or anyone interested in psychology and mythology, humanities and comparative literature, or the art of the essay will welcome this book."--Jacket. |
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