| Description |
x, 424 pages : illustrations, music. ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
"Bibliography of background texts": pages 414-420. |
| Contents |
The language of the theater -- The language of music -- The motivations of operatic characters -- Operatic pantomimes -- The singing actor -- Achieving musical accuracy -- Operatic stage direction -- Vocal ensembles and choral scenes -- Various problems of staging opera -- Imaginative staging. |
| Note |
Operas referenced in this work: La Traviata -- Cavalleria rusticana -- The abduction from the seraglio -- The telephone -- Don Giovanni -- The barber of Seville -- Carmen -- Rigoletto -- The masked ball -- The marriage of Figaro. |
| Subject |
Opera.
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Opera -- Production and direction.
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