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Grand opera : the story of the Met / / Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron



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Autore: Affron Charles Visualizza persona
Titolo: Grand opera : the story of the Met / / Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (469 p.)
Disciplina: 792.509747/1
Soggetto topico: Electronic books
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera
Soggetto non controllato: 21st century innovations
audience response
career
classical music
faust
global cultural scene
historical
history
international
lincoln center for the performing arts
live arts
live productions
memorable performance
metropolitan opera association
metropolitan opera house
metropolitan opera
musicians
national
new york city
opera company
opera enthusiasts
opera house
opera management
opera
performing arts
reinvention
stage productions
the met
theater
theatre
theatrical
tradition
wagners ring
Persona (resp. second.): AffronMirella Jona <1937->
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Matter of Boxes, 1883-1884: Bel Canto -- 2. Cultural Capital, 1884-1903: The German Seasons and French Opera -- 3. Opera Wars, 1903-1908: Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company -- 4. Modernity, 1908-1929: Puccini -- 5. Hard Times, 1929-1940: Wagner -- 6. Strains of War, 1940-1950: The Conductor's Opera -- 7. Stage Business, 1950-1966: Verdi -- 8. In Transit, 1966-1975: American Opera -- 9. Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990: Twentieth-Century European Opera and the Baroque -- 10. Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006: American Opera (Redux) and Slavic Opera -- 11. In the Age of New Media, 2006-2013 -- Notes -- Index of Names, Titles, and Foreign-Language Musical Terms
Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Grand opera  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95897-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786771903321
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