Bibliograph

The impossible art, adventures in opera, Matthew Aucoin

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The impossible art, adventures in opera, Matthew Aucoin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

music

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The impossible art

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1259293962

Responsibility statement

Matthew Aucoin

Sub title

adventures in opera

Summary

"User's guide to opera--Matthew Aucoin, "the most promising operatic talent in a generation" (New York Times Magazine), describes the creation of his groundbreaking new work, Eurydice, and shares his reflections on the past, present, and future of opera"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A Field Guide to the Impossible -- Primal Loss : Orpheus and Eurydice in Opera -- The Firewood and the Fire : Words, Music, and Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress -- Verdi's Shakespeare Operas : MacBeth, Otello, Falstaff -- Walt Whitman's Impossible Optimism -- Inner Rooms : Two Recent Impossibilities -- Finding Eurydice -- Music as Forgiveness : Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro

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Adventures in opera

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