Fashions and Legacies of Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera

Operatic works by Italian composers of the nineteenth century have undergone countless transformations since their premieres, shifting shape in response to a variety of new geographic, temporal, technological, and performative contexts. These enduring works by Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, and their contemporaries have myriad stories to tell. Fashions and Legacies reconstructs a selection of these stories, exploring ways in which operatic works have been reshaped and revived throughout the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. While focusing on how these works have been altered, the thirteen contributors in this book also respond to fundamental questions: how has this music retained - or sacrificed - its powerful messages in the face of deconstruction and recontextualization over time and place? What happens to these operas once they have escaped control of their authors? The contributions of singers, stage directors, conductors, and other theatrical personalities stand front and center of the volume.

Author: Roberta Montemorra Marvin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/01/2010
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780521889988

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2011

About the Author
Marvin, Roberta Montemorra: - Roberta Montemorra Marvin is Director of the Institute for Italian Opera Studies at the University of Iowa, where she is also a Research Fellow and an Associate Professor.Poriss, Hilary: - Hilary Poriss is Assistant Professor at Northeastern University.

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