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" Unsettling opera : "
David J. Levin.
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BL
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1010500
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b764870
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| Main Entry
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Levin, David J.,1960-
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Unsettling opera : : staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinsky /\ David J. Levin.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2007.
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1 online resource (xix, 254 pages) :: illustrations, music
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| ISBN
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0226475255
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: 1281965839
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: 9780226475257
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: 9781281965837
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0226475220
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0226475239
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9780226475226
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9780226475233
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Dramaturgy and mise-en-scène -- Reading a staging/staging a reading : Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in performance -- Fidelity in translation : Mozart and Da Ponte's Le nozze di Figaro -- Deconstructing Singspiel : Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail -- Between sublimation and audacity : Verdi's Don Carlos -- Beyond the canon : Zemlinsky's Der König Kandaules.
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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, dramaturgical pract.
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Opera-- Dramaturgy.
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Opera-- Production and direction.
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MUSIC-- Genres Styles-- Opera.
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Opera-- Dramaturgy.
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Opera-- Production and direction.
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Ensceneringen.
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Opera's.
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| Dewey Classification
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792.502/3
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ML3858.L48 2007eb
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