1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953774103321

Autore

Penner Nina

Titolo

Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater / Nina Penner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2020., : Indiana University Press

Bloomington

ISBN

9780253049971

0253049970

9780253049988

0253049989

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 281 pages : illustrations, music)

Collana

Musical meaning and interpretation

Disciplina

782.1

Soggetti

Storytelling

Opera

Musical theater

Livres numériques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overture -- What Is a Narrative? -- Telling, Operatically -- Character-Narrators -- Orchestral Narration and Authorial Commentary -- Character-Focused Narration -- Works and Performances -- Performances of Works -- Performances as Works -- Finale.

Sommario/riassunto

"Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater is the first systematic exploration of how sung forms of drama tell stories. Through examples from opera's origins to contemporary musicals, Nina Penner examines the roles of character-narrators and how they differ from those in literary and cinematic works, how music can orient spectators to characters' points of view, how being privy to characters' inner thoughts and feelings may evoke feelings of sympathy or empathy, and how performers' choices affect not only who is telling the story but what story is being told. Unique about Penner's approach is her engagement with current work in analytic philosophy. Her study reveals not only the resources this philosophical tradition can bring to musicology but those which musicology can bring to philosophy,



challenging and refining accounts of narrative, point of view, and the work-performance relationship within both disciplines. She also considers practical problems singers and directors confront on a daily basis, such as what to do about Wagner's Jewish caricatures and the racism of Orientalist operas. More generally, Penner reflects on how centuries-old works remain meaningful to contemporary audiences and have the power to attract new, more diverse audiences to opera and musical theater. By exploring how practitioners past and present have addressed these issues, she offers suggestions for how opera and musical theater can continue to entertain and enrich the lives of 21st century audiences"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911016679003321

Autore

Rutherfurd, Edward

Titolo

Cina / Edward Rutherfurd ; traduzione di Sara Crimi e Laura Tasso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Mondadori, 2024

ISBN

978-88-04-74741-3

Descrizione fisica

860 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Collana

Oscar bestsellers

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

STO 513

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia