Vincenzo Bellini: Norma
Vincenzo Bellini: Norma

Author: David R. B. Kimbell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-09-17

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780521485142

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Norma is by common consent the finest of the ten operas composed during Vincenzo Bellini's short career, representing his genius more comprehensively than is usually the case with any single work by an operatic composer. This 1998 handbook provides the biographical and cultural context of the opera. It gives a full synopsis and an examination of the music and poetry, which is rooted in the aesthetics of early nineteenth-century Italian opera. Professor Kimbell suggests something of the impression Norma has made on our imaginations and sensibilities in the 165 years since it was first produced in Milan in December 1831. He considers the great interpretations of the eponymous leading role. His discussion also embraces Bellini's work more generally by presenting some of the critical reactions to his music.

Norma
Norma

Author: Vincenzo Bellini

Publisher: Alma Books

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0714544655

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Vincenzo Bellini's Norma, first produced at La Scala, Milan, in 1831, is widely regarded as the greatest achievement of the bel canto era. Its title role, sung at the premiere by Giuditta Pasta, has been undertaken in more recent times by Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland and Monserrat Caballe and remains one of the supremely challenging soprano parts in the operatic repertory. The opera tells of the conflicting loyalties of the High Priestess of the Druids, Norma, who is torn between her duty to her people and her love for the father of her two children, the proconsul of the occupying Roman forces in Gaul.The guide contains articles on the background to the opera and the development of bel canto, a detailed examination of its musical structure and a survey of its performance history, dealing in particular with the approaches of some of the many distinguished singers who have appeared in its principal roles. There is also a discussion of the contentious issue of which voice-types should more appropriately be singing each of the two leading female characters. The guide includes the full libretto with English translation, sixteen pages of illustrations, a musical thematic guide, a discography, a bibliography, and DVD and website guides.Contains:The Genesis of Norma, Susan RutherfordNorma's Musical Journey, Roger ParkerNorma: A Selective Performance History, John AllisonWeep, Shudder, Die: Vincenzo Bellini, Norma and Their Admirers, Gary KahnNorma: Libretto by Felice Romani after Alexandre Soumet's verse tragedy NormaNorma: English translation by Kenneth Chalmers

Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini

Author: Stephen Willier

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-10

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1135845336

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This comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently available on Vincenzo Bellini, the Italian opera composer best known for his work Norma, which is still regularly performed today at Covent Garden and by regional opera companies. 2001, the bicentennial anniversary of Bellini's death, saw several concerts and recordings of his work, raising his academic profile. This volume aims to meet the research needs of all students of Bellini in particular.

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.

Kara Walker
Kara Walker

Author: Rachel Taylor

Publisher:

Published: 2015-11-13

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780993179853

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Kara Walker: Norma is published to accompany an exhibition by the artist at Victoria Miro, Mayfair in autumn 2015, presenting a selection of preparatory drawings, sketches and models related to the production of Vincenzo Bellini's two-act opera Norma that she directed and art directed for Teatro La Fenice, Venice.This production, staged for six performances between May and June 2015, was a special project commissioned by Okwui Enwezor to coincide with the 56th Venice Biennale.Walker directed the opera and designed the sets and costumes. Her production moved the action from Roman Gaul to an unnamed west or central African colony under European subjugation in the late nineteenth century.The drawings and other studies show the artist's detailed working process. The selection includes a number of works in pastel and watercolour, demonstrating Walker's facility with colour as well as line. The publication includes texts by Walker and acclaimed writer Hilton Als.

Mirette on the High Wire
Mirette on the High Wire

Author: Emily Arnold McCully

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1992-10-21

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0399221301

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One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau- a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn't know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini- master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. Emily Arnold McCully's sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.

Voicing Gender
Voicing Gender

Author: Naomi Adele André

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780253346445

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Documents the changes in approaches to gender in opera in the early 19th century.

Bite Me
Bite Me

Author: Julie Albert

Publisher:

Published: 2011-06-15

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781770871311

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BITE ME provides the answer to the most commonly asked question, “What’s for dinner?” You won’t need an army of souschefs, a pantry of guava paste or a blowtorch to turn a bag of groceries into a satisfying meal. BITE ME is 175 dependably delicious, rigorously tested recipes created for the urban and suburban, the aspiring and well-seasoned home cook.BITE ME speaks to more than just your stomach. The creation of food is intimately tied to the world outside the kitchen—family, art, music, movies and pop culture are constant sources of laughter and inspiration. BITE ME is a multi-sensory smorgasbord, a feast for your eyes (including images from legendary photographers David Lachapelle, Miles Aldridge and Melvin Sokolsky), ears (suggested tunes to cook to), nose and mouth.