The Cambridge Companion to Seventeenth-Century Opera

Autorentext
Jacqueline Waeber is Associate Professor of Music at Duke University, North Carolina. As a musicologist, her research focuses on French musical culture, from the Baroque Era to early twentieth century. She is the editor of Musique et Geste en France de Lully à la Révolution (2009) and author of En musique dans le texte: Le mélodrame, de Rousseau à Schoenberg (2006).

Klappentext
This Companion offers an in-depth introduction to the history of seventeenth-century opera, which has now gained recognition in the repertoire.

Zusammenfassung
This Companion offers an in-depth introduction to the early history of opera by focusing on its foundational century. From opera's Italian origins to its growth through Europe and the Americas, the volume charts the changing landscape on stage and beyond which shaped the way early opera was produced and received.

Inhalt
Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Part I. The Italian Foundations: 1. Opera is born: the wedding of music and drama in late Renaissance Florence Barbara Russano Hanning; 2. '...e poi le parole': towards a history of the libretto Tim Carter; 3. Aria, Recitative, and Chorus in Italian Opera Sara Elisa Stangalino; 4. Opera as spectacle, opera as drama Margaret Murata; Part II. Society, Institutions and Production: 5. Opera for a paying public (Italy c. 1637-c. 1700) Beth L. Glixon; 6. 'Una bella voce, un bel trillo, d un bel passaggio': opera singers in seventeenth-century Italy Colleen Reardon; 7. Opera, gender and voice Christine Jeanneret; 8. Dance and ballet Rebecca Harris-Warrick; 9. Staging opera in the seventeenth century Roger Savage; Part III. National Traditions (Outside Italy): 10. Opera in France c. 1640-c. 1710 Laura Naudeix; 11. Song and declamation in French opera Jacqueline Weber; 12. Opera in England Amanda Eubanks Winkler; 13. The development of opera in German Michael Maul; 14. Opera in Spain and the Spanish dominions in Italy and the Americas Louise K. Stein; Bibliography; Index.

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