2004, ISBN: 9780300100440

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1963. Erstausgabe dieser Sammlung, Frankfurt am Main, Fischer, 1963, 8°, 187 S., original Leineneinband mit Rückenschild sowie dem original Schutzumschlag, der Umschlagsrücken minimal na… Mehr…

1963. Erstausgabe dieser Sammlung, Frankfurt am Main, Fischer, 1963, 8°, 187 S., original Leineneinband mit Rückenschild sowie dem original Schutzumschlag, der Umschlagsrücken minimal nachgedunkelt, Seitenschnitt mit einigen Punktfleckchen, Should your order's weight exceed 1kg, we shall need to message you, to recalculate the shipping cost. (= Sollte Ihre Bestellung mehr als 1k wiegen, müssten die Portokosten angepasst werden, Sie bekämen vorab eine Anfrage per Email.), 1963, 0, Yale University Press. Very Good. 178 x 254 x 38.1mm. Hardback. 2004. 441 pages. <br>Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , opera was the grandest entertainment in Western culture. In Fir st Nights at the Opera, the renowned music scholar Thomas Kelly n arrates the social history of European opera during its golden ag e by taking us behind the scenes at the premiere performances of five extraordinary and influential operas: Handel's Giulio Cesare (London, 1724), Mozart's Don Giovanni (Prague, 1787), Meyerbeer' s Les Huguenots (Paris, 1836), Wagner's Das Rheingold (Bayreuth, 1876), and Verdi's Otello (Milan, 1887). What was it like to be there, to see and hear and perform these operas for the very fir st time? Kelly takes us behind the curtains to introduce us to th e nervous composers, the anxious impresarios, and the performers who had never sung these words to an audience before. Members of the audience, eager with expectation, take to their seats and box es: What will appear on stage? Will someone miss a line? Will it be a triumph or a humiliation for the composer? Richly illustra ted and briskly narrated, this glittering introduction to the wor ld of opera will delight aficionados and neophytes alike. ., Yale University Press, 2004, 3<

2004, ISBN: 9780300100440

Yale University Press. Very Good. 178 x 254 x 38.1mm. Hardback. 2004. 441 pages. <br>Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , opera was the grandest entertainment in Wes… Mehr…

Yale University Press. Very Good. 178 x 254 x 38.1mm. Hardback. 2004. 441 pages. <br>Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , opera was the grandest entertainment in Western culture. In Fir st Nights at the Opera, the renowned music scholar Thomas Kelly n arrates the social history of European opera during its golden ag e by taking us behind the scenes at the premiere performances of five extraordinary and influential operas: Handel's Giulio Cesare (London, 1724), Mozart's Don Giovanni (Prague, 1787), Meyerbeer' s Les Huguenots (Paris, 1836), Wagner's Das Rheingold (Bayreuth, 1876), and Verdi's Otello (Milan, 1887). What was it like to be there, to see and hear and perform these operas for the very fir st time? Kelly takes us behind the curtains to introduce us to th e nervous composers, the anxious impresarios, and the performers who had never sung these words to an audience before. Members of the audience, eager with expectation, take to their seats and box es: What will appear on stage? Will someone miss a line? Will it be a triumph or a humiliation for the composer? Richly illustra ted and briskly narrated, this glittering introduction to the wor ld of opera will delight aficionados and neophytes alike. ., Yale University Press, 2004, 3<

ISBN: 9780300100440

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