| Description |
384 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Orpheus -- Dionysus -- Eros -- Mephistopheles -- Dagon -- Classical opera -- Mozart -- Romantic opera -- Beethoven and political opera -- Berlioz and historical opera -- Verdi -- Wagner -- Realism and Puccini -- Wagnerism and Strauss -- Past and present -- Phantoms of the opera -- The Met and the metropolis -- Opera in a garden -- New theaters -- Drama against music -- After the revolution, and before -- Beating time -- A black goddess -- Archetypes -- The ecstasy and agony of song. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Opera.
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| ISBN |
0671643533 |
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