Opera and the Morbidity of Music

Opera and the Morbidity of Music (its tide taken from one of the early chapters) is a collection of essays and book reviews published, mostly in The New York Review of Books, over diree decades. (A hands-on academic, he has produced operas himself with small West Coast companies.) The Magic Flute ch...

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Published in:Opera news 2008, Vol.73 (1), p.63
Main Author: Freeman, John W
Format: Review
Language:English
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Opera
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Summary:Opera and the Morbidity of Music (its tide taken from one of the early chapters) is a collection of essays and book reviews published, mostly in The New York Review of Books, over diree decades. (A hands-on academic, he has produced operas himself with small West Coast companies.) The Magic Flute chapter pays homage to Ingmar Bergman's film version, and the Wagner chapters roam the waterfront of current thought about Bayreuth's master magician.
ISSN:0030-3607
1938-1506