This collection of eight essays introduces literary and cultural theorists into the domain of operatic textual analysis. A notable feature of this volume is the first English translation of Bfuergerliche Oper (Bourgeois Opera), a major work of interdisciplinary operatic analysis by Theodor Adorno. Beginning with Adorno's piece, the essays offer a broad variety of contemporary critical approaches ranging from the Frankfurt School through Lacanian psychoanalysis and post-structuralism to discourse analysis. The essays vary in focus from readings of individual operas (from Monteverdi and...
This collection of eight essays introduces literary and cultural theorists into the domain of operatic textual analysis. A notable feature of this vol...
What happens when operas that are comfortably ensconced in the canon are thoroughly rethought and radically recast on stage? What does a staging do to our understanding of an opera, and of opera generally? While a stage production can disrupt a work that was thought to be established, David J. Levin here argues that the genre of opera is itself unsettled, and that the performance of operas, at its best, clarifies this condition by bringing opera's restlessness and volatility to life. Unsettling Opera explores a variety of fields, considering questions of operatic textuality,...
What happens when operas that are comfortably ensconced in the canon are thoroughly rethought and radically recast on stage? What does a staging do...
