From Score to Stage: An Illustrated History of Continental Opera Production and Staging

Opera, as a genre, is celebrated as a fusion of music, drama, the visual arts and dance, and yet with few exceptions, texts documenting its history have focused on the contributions of the composers, their librettists and a lineage of leading men and women who have commanded the public's attent...

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Published in:New England theatre journal 2014-01, Vol.25, p.132
Main Author: Riggs, Emily J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Innovations
Librettists
Opera
Set design
Theater
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Summary:Opera, as a genre, is celebrated as a fusion of music, drama, the visual arts and dance, and yet with few exceptions, texts documenting its history have focused on the contributions of the composers, their librettists and a lineage of leading men and women who have commanded the public's attention for their virtuosity as singers. [...]upon reading this text, one begins to consider Pietro Metastasio not only as a great librettist whose literary reforms, both in form and content, would become the standard in opera seria, but also as a talented and innovative stage director. Students of opera as well as frequent audience members would benefit greatly from reading this text as it insures a more complete understanding and appreciation of all that is involved in making an opera come to life.
ISSN:1050-9720