A Season of Opera : : From Orpheus to Ariadne / / M. Owen Lee.
Father Owen Lee is internationally known for his intermission commentaries featured during the Saturday afternoon broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. A Season of Opera: From Orpheus to Ariadne gathers together for the first time Father Lee's best broadcast and cassette com...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Birth of Opera from the Spirit of Orpheus
- 2. Du Musst dein Leben Ändern: Orfeo ed Euridice
- 3. The Opera of All Operas: Don Giovanni
- 4. The Music of Intuitive Angels: The Magic Flute
- 5. Music to Set the Spirit Free: Fidelio
- 6. Show Business Sense: L'Elisir d'Amore
- 7. Oh, Sweet Music of Donizetti! Lucia di Lammermoor
- 8. Elemental, Furious, Wholly True: Il Trovatore
- 9. The Requisite Miracle: La Traviata
- 10. The Whole Checkered Play of Life: La Forza del Destino
- 11. Melt Egypt into Nile: Aida
- 12. A Figure as Old as Comedy: Falstaff
- 13. The Exasperated Eagle and the Stoic Saint: Les Troyens
- 14. The Sins of Wagner's Youth: Rienzi
- 15. Long Day's Journey into Night: Tristan and Isolde
- 16. The Making of a Musical Legend: Palestrina
- 17. The Moon Is Like the Moon: Salome
- 18. Genius and Morbidezza: Manon Lescaut
- 19. Mists, Sails, Sounds, and Impressions: Pelléas et Mélisande
- 20. It Is Your Turn to Speak: Dialogues des Carmélites
- 21. An Opera Made of Songs: Porgy and Bess
- 22. The Music Wrote Itself: Oklahoma!
- 23. Hurry Up Please its Time
- Further Reading
- Recordings and Videos
- Index