American OperaUniversity of Illinois Press, 2001 - 459 страница Tired of Tannhäuser? Bored with Bohème? Open your imagination to boundless creativity and wide-ranging repertory of American opera. Elise K. Kirk provides a treasure trove of information that fills in the long-neglected history of opera in the United States. Looking at more than 100 works, Kirk sketches the musical traits, provides plot summaries, describes sets and stagings, and offers in-depth profiles of performers, composers, and librettists. Beginning with the English-influenced harle-quinade of the revolutionary period, Kirk follows the development of comic opera, the rise of melodramatic romanticism, the emergence of American grand opera and verismo, and the explosion of eclectic forms that characterized American opera in the twentieth century. Devoting particular attention to women and African American composers and librettists, Kirk explores how American operas incorporated indigenous elements such as jazz, popular song, folk music, Native American motifs, and Hollywood's cinematic techniques. She also discusses radio and television's impact, the advent of opera workshops in universities, the integration of multimedia effects into productions, and the ways innovations such as co-commissioning and joint staging have helped sustain the genre in the face of declining federal support. |
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OperaLyric Barometer of American Life | 1 |
The Voyage 1730 to 1915 | 9 |
The Signposts 1880 to 1960 | 119 |
From the Black Perspective | 184 |
Innovators and Iconoclasts or Is It Opera? | 206 |
The Impact of Mass Media | 233 |
The Discoveries 1945 to the Turn of the Century | 251 |
New York City Operas American Plan | 272 |
Dreamers of Decadence | 292 |
Bold Turns on Familiar Paths | 315 |
Heroes for Our Time | 335 |
Toward the New Millennium and Beyond | 359 |
American Opera at the Crossroads | 383 |
Acknowledgments | 391 |
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