Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests : The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater / / David J. Buch

• Autore: Buch David J.
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2009]; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (483 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.109/033; 782.109033
• Soggetto topico: Musical theater - Europe - History - 18th century; Musical theater; Zauberflöte; Musical theater - History - 18th century - Europe; Supernatural in musical theater; Music and magic; Music History & Criticism, Vocal; Music; Music, Dance, Drama & Film
• Soggetto non controllato: supernatural, 18th century, musicals, musical theater, theatre, performance, performer, song, dance, singing, dancing, acting, actor, actress, stage, theatrical, opera, singspiel, genre, play, ballet, themes, enlightenment, fantasy, era, time period, composer, playwright, art, artistic, entertainment, critics, audience, french, france, german, germany, italian, italy, magic flute, don giovanni, mozart
• Classificazione: LR 54171
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION. Precedents & Sources of Magic & the "Marvelous" -- 1. L'Académie Royale de Musique -- 2. Opéra-comique -- 3. Italian Serious Genres -- 4. Italian Comic Genres -- 5. German Musical Theater -- 6. The Supernatural in the Operas of Mozart -- POSTSCRIPT. The Significance & Influence of Supernatural Topics -- APPENDIX A. Chronological List of Operas, Ballets, Comédies, Féeries, Pantomimes & Other Plays with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1699-1791 -- APPENDIX B. Selected Italian Circe, Medea & Orpheus Operas, 1700-1791 -- APPENDIX C. Operas Based on Ariosto & Tasso, 1700-1791 -- APPENDIX D. Some Eighteenth-Century Italian Don Juan Settings -- APPENDIX E. Chronological List of German Theatrical Works with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1728-92 -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenment-era rationality shaped some of the most important works of eighteenth-century musical theatre and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them. David J. Buch reveals that despite-and even because of-their fundamental irrationality, fantastic and exotic themes acquired extraordinary force and popularity during the period, pervading theatrical works with music in the French, German, and Italian.
• Titolo autorizzato: Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests
• ISBN: 1-282-23943-0; 9786612239434; 0-226-07811-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778059803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II