LEADER 03729nam 2200601 450 001 9910464469503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-95897-7 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520958975 035 $a(CKB)3710000000204339 035 $a(EBL)1710987 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001288947 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12487156 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288947 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11295563 035 $a(PQKB)10056073 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1710987 035 $a(DE-B1597)520545 035 $a(OCoLC)885014508 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520958975 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1710987 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10899637 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL631977 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000204339 100 $a20140811h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGrand opera $ethe story of the Met /$fCharles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (469 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-520-25033-8 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. A Matter of Boxes, 1883-1884: Bel Canto --$t2. Cultural Capital, 1884-1903: The German Seasons and French Opera --$t3. Opera Wars, 1903-1908: Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company --$t4. Modernity, 1908-1929: Puccini --$t5. Hard Times, 1929-1940: Wagner --$t6. Strains of War, 1940-1950: The Conductor's Opera --$t7. Stage Business, 1950-1966: Verdi --$t8. In Transit, 1966-1975: American Opera --$t9. Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990: Twentieth-Century European Opera and the Baroque --$t10. Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006: American Opera (Redux) and Slavic Opera --$t11. In the Age of New Media, 2006-2013 --$tNotes --$tIndex of Names, Titles, and Foreign-Language Musical Terms 330 $aThe Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of this famed New York institution, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron tell how the Met became and remains a powerful actor on the global cultural scene. In this first new history of the company in thirty years, each of the chronologically sequenced chapters surveys a composer or a slice of the repertoire and brings to life dominant personalities and memorable performances of the time. From the opening night Faust to the recent controversial production of Wagner's "Ring," Grand Opera is a remarkable account of management and audience response to the push and pull of tradition and reinvention. Spanning the decades between the Gilded Age and the age of new media, this story of the Met concludes by tipping its hat to the hugely successful "Live in HD" simulcasts and other twenty-first-century innovations. Grand Opera's appeal extends far beyond the large circle of opera enthusiasts. Drawing on unpublished documents from the Metropolitan Opera Archives, reviews, recordings, and much more, this richly detailed book looks at the Met in the broad context of national and international issues and events. 606 $aElectronic books 606 $aMUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aElectronic books. 615 7$aMUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera. 676 $a792.509747/1 700 $aAffron$b Charles$0155352 702 $aAffron$b Mirella Jona$f1937- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464469503321 996 $aGrand opera$92464222 997 $aUNINA