Divas and scholars : performing Italian opera /

Title:

Divas and scholars : performing Italian opera /

Author:

Gossett, Philip.

Format:

Book

Institution:

New England Conservatory

Contents:

Prologue. Mare o monti : two summer festivals -- Knowing the score. Setting the stage ; Transmission versus tradition ; Scandal and scholarship ; The romance of the critical edition -- Intermezzo. Scholars and performers : the case of Semiramide -- Performing the opera. Choosing a version ; Serafin's scissors ; Ornamenting Rossini ; Higher and lower : transposing Bellini and Donizetti ; Words and music : texts and translations ; Instruments old and new ; From the score to the stage -- Coda. Two kings head North : transforming Italian opera in Scandinavia.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

New England Conservatory Spaulding Library
ML1700.G743 D5 – Available

• Available Temporarily at New England Conservatory Spaulding Reserve Desk
  On reserve for Mhst530 Topics in the 19th C: Verdi (Music History: Greenwald)