Opera Acts (eBook)

Singers and Performance in the Late Nineteenth Century

Karen Henson (Autor)

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2015
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-316-19050-0 (ISBN)

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Opera Acts explores a wealth of new historical material about singers in the late nineteenth century and challenges the idea that this was a period of decline for the opera singer. In detailed case studies of four figures - the late Verdi baritone Victor Maurel; Bizet''s first Carmen, Célestine Galli-Marié; Massenet''s muse of the 1880s and 1890s, Sibyl Sanderson; and the early Wagner star Jean de Reszke - Karen Henson argues that singers in the late nineteenth century continued to be important, but in ways that were not conventionally ''vocal''. Instead they enjoyed a freedom and creativity based on their ability to express text, act and communicate physically, and exploit the era''s media. By these and other means, singers played a crucial role in the creation of opera up to the end of the nineteenth century.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.1.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• ISBN-10: 1-316-19050-1 / 1316190501
• ISBN-13: 978-1-316-19050-0 / 9781316190500