03798nam 2200697 450 991078066240332120230912123550.01-281-99599-197866119959971-4426-7047-910.3138/9781442670471(CKB)2430000000001795(EBL)3255232(SSID)ssj0000309074(PQKBManifestationID)11259959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309074(PQKBWorkID)10266301(PQKB)10440914(CaBNvSL)thg00602045 (DE-B1597)464145(OCoLC)944178488(OCoLC)999354754(DE-B1597)9781442670471(Au-PeEL)EBL4671154(CaPaEBR)ebr11256879(OCoLC)958564935(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/4z4sfw(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418010(MiAaPQ)EBC4671154(OCoLC)1082813764(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104383(MiAaPQ)EBC3255232(EXLCZ)99243000000000179520160915h19981998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA season of opera from Orpheus to Ariadne /M. Owen LeeToronto, Ontario ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1998.©19981 online resource (254 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8020-8387-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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 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.OperasAnalysis, appreciationElectronic books. OperasAnalysis, appreciation.782.1/015Lee M. Owen1930-1463754MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780662403321A season of opera3859483UNINA$38.5005/13/2019Music