Donizetti's la Fille Du Régiment

Donizetti's la Fille Du Régiment

Author: Burton D. Fisher

Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing

Published: 2006-05-01

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1102008974

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Burton D. Fisher's extremely popular Mini Guides feature Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis of the opera.


The Operetta Empire

The Operetta Empire

Author: Micaela Baranello

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2021-06

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0520379128

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"When the world comes to an end," Viennese writer Karl Kraus lamented in 1908, "all the big city orchestras will still be playing The Merry Widow." Viennese operettas like Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow were preeminent cultural texts during the Austro-Hungarian Empire's final years. Alternately hopeful and nihilistic, operetta staged contemporary debates about gender, nationality, and labor. The Operetta Empire delves into this vibrant theatrical culture, whose creators simultaneously sought the respectability of high art and the popularity of low entertainment. Case studies examine works by Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán, Oscar Straus, and Leo Fall in light of current musicological conversations about hybridity and middlebrow culture. Demonstrating a thorough mastery of the complex early twentieth‐century Viennese cultural scene, and a sympathetic and redemptive critique of a neglected popular genre, Micaela Baranello establishes operetta as an important element of Viennese cultural life—one whose transgressions helped define the musical hierarchies of its day.


The Daughter of the Regiment

The Daughter of the Regiment

Author: Gaetano 1797-1848 Donizetti

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-25

Total Pages: 9

ISBN-13: 9781361710098

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Donizetti and His Operas

Donizetti and His Operas

Author: William Ashbrook

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 766

ISBN-13: 9780521276634

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Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema

Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema

Author: Maria Fritsche

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2013-05-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0857459465

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Despite the massive influx of Hollywood movies and films from other European countries after World War II, Austrian film continued to be hugely popular with Austrian and German audiences. By examining the decisive role that popular cinema played in the turbulent post-war era, this book provides unique insights into the reconstruction of a disrupted society. Through detailed analysis of the stylistic patterns, narratives and major themes of four popular genres of the time, costume film, Heimatfilm, tourist film and comedy, the book explains how popular cinema helped to shape national identity, smoothed conflicted gender relations and relieved the Austrians from the burden of the Nazi past through celebrating the harmonious, charming, musical Austrian man.


A Mad Love

A Mad Love

Author: Vivien Schweitzer

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2018-09-18

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0465096948

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A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera -- and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and present, beginning with Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in 1607, generally considered the first successful opera, through classics like Carmen and La Boheme, and spanning to Brokeback Mountain and The Death of Klinghoffer in recent years. Musician and critic Vivien Schweitzer acquaints readers with the genre's most important composers and some of its most influential performers, recounts its long-standing debates, and explains its essential terminology. Today, opera is everywhere, from the historic houses of major opera companies to movie theaters and public parks to offbeat performance spaces and our earbuds. A Mad Love is an essential book for anyone who wants to appreciate this living, evolving art form in all its richness.


Intrepid Women

Intrepid Women

Author: Thomas Cardoza

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2010-04-05

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 025335451X

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"Based on previously unpublished French archival records as well as published primary sources from France, its enemies, and its allies from the early 1700s until the Great War, Intrepid women is the first serious ... study of a previously ignored aspect women's and military history. Thomas Cardoza shows that these women were far more numerous and far more important to French logistics and morale than previously recognized, and suggests that their suppression was both premature and ultimately counterproductive. He also paints ... a complete picture of these women's daily lives: social origins, recruitment, business dealings, behavior on the battlefield, marriage and family life, retirement, and death"--Jacket.