Opera Acts: Singers and Performance in the Late Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9781108723343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 280 str.

Karen Henson

Opis

Karen Henson explores a wealth of new historical material about singers and opera performance in the late nineteenth century.

Recenzje

'Karen Henson upsets conventional wisdom to argue for the continuing influence of singers on operatic creation in the late nineteenth century. Weaving together journalism, photography, theater, and fashion, she shows that the physicality of performers as much as their voices shaped works by Verdi, Bizet, Massenet, and Wagner. This is a virtuosic account of opera's rich cultural fabric - beautifully written, always engaging.' Steven Huebner, McGill University, Montréal

Spis treści

Introduction: on not singing and singing physiognomically; 1. Verdi, Victor Maurel, and the operatic interpreter; 2. Real mezzo: Célestine Galli-Marié as Carmen; 3. Photographic diva: Massenet, Sibyl Sanderson, and the soprano as spectacle; 4. Jean de Reszke, the 'problem' of the tenor, and early international Wagner performance; Supporting cast.