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CASI UN SIGLO ANTES DE LA INVENCIóN DEL CINE, WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Y EL LIBRETISTA LORENZO DA PONTE CONSOLIDARON UN PARADIGMA NARRATIVO CUYO EXTRAORDINARIO TRATAMIENTO DRAMáTICO PERMITIó QUE LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, DON GIOVANNI Y COSi FAN TUTTE –TR

La tríada de Giuseppe Verdi conocida como “Trilogia popolare”, que nosotros rebautizamos como “Trilogía de la intimidad”: (Rigoletto, Il Trovatore y La Traviata) fue compuesta en un breve lapso de ti

Employing current theories of ideology, propaganda and musical reception, Transatlantic Arias examines the development and impact of early opera in Spain and the Americas through close examination of the New World's first three extant operas. What emerges is an amazing history of extraordinarily complex lyrical and musical works for their time and place, which are also critical for illuminating inimitable perspectives on the cohabitation and collaboration of indigenous groups and Europeans.

¿Cómo podemos disfrutar -desde hace ya cuatrocientos años- viendo a un hombre que, atravesado por una bala o un florete, se pone a entonar un canto de despedida en lugar de pedir ayuda? ¿O a una pareja de enamorados que susurra los más sentidos duetos de amor camino del patíbulo o agonizando? Así de extraña y misteriosa resulta la ópera, un género sobre el que todo el mundo parece tener una opinión, aunque no conozca siquiera su historia. Eckhardt van den Hoogen era uno de los que tenía formada una opinión, pero cuando decidió estudiar a fondo la ópera y escribir sobre ella, se convirtió en un apasionado y se propuso guiar al lector por el mismo viaje de descubrimiento que hizo él. Con un gran conocimiento del tema, pero sin afectación, el autor revela a melómanos y nuevos aficionados los entresijos de la historia de la ópera y de las historias que la rodean, de los compositores y libretistas, así como los argumentos de las grandes obras, desde Aida y Don Giovanni hasta El murciélago y La flauta mágica. Gracias a la claridad y al rigor de este libro, el amante de la ópera vive lo más importante del contenido de cada obra, su esplendor musical y las peculiaridades de cada escenografía. De esta forma, el autor consigue que esta enciclopedia resulte un libro de lectura extraordinariamente amena e informativa.

The "Rough Guide to Opera" is a unique handbook on the most thrilling of art forms, spanning four hundred years of music drama. The title features lively biographical sketches of some 150 composers from Claudio Monteverdi to Poul Ruders, animating the main events of their careers and revealing their social and musical context, and entertaining accounts of hundreds of operas both famous and neglected and comprehensive reviews of over a thousand CD''s from recent digital releases to the best historical recordings. From historical figures like Caruso to contemporary stars like Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming and Daniel Barenboim, discover the finest singers and conductors on record. Superb photographs, drawings, and CD cover images make this title an Opera-lover''s essential.

"The Rough Guide to Opera" is a handbook on the most thrilling of art forms, spanning four hundred years of music drama. Features include: lively biographical sketches of some 150 composers, from Claudio Monteverdi to Poul Ruders, detailing the main events of their careers and revealing their social and musical context; entertaining accounts of hundreds of operas, both the famous and neglected, each with a clear synopsis and a lively essay; CD reviews, covering the latest digital recordings as well as dozens of classic historical sets; and a who''s who of the finest singers and conductors on record, from historical figures like Caruso, Callas and Toscanini to present-day stars like Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming and Daniel Barenboim.

Publicado por HarperCollins en edición de bolsillo en junio de 2025, este clásico gótico de Gaston Leroux sigue cautivando a generaciones con su mezcla de misterio, romance y terror. Ambientada en el majestuoso Palais Garnier de Paris, la historia gira en torno a Christine Daae, una joven soprano, y el enigmatico Fantasma, un genio desfigurado que habita en los pasadizos ocultos del teatro.A medida que Christine asciende en su carrera, el Fantasma obsesionado con ella la guia y manipula desde las sombras, mientras Raoul, su amor de infancia, intenta protegerla. El triangulo entre arte, obsesion y redencion se desarrolla en un escenario cargado de simbolismo y tension dramatica.

Received rating of "Outstanding" from 2005 University Press Books Committee This engaging guide to the 175 most popular operas will enhance the experience of every opera lover. Written by a well-known authority, the book consists of entries that set each opera within the context of its composers career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and give relevant background information on the libretto, the staging, and the most famous and influential interpreters of the principal roles. In addition, the entries recount details of the first performance and subsequent performance history and provide guidance on the relative quality of available recordings. Aimed at opera lovers and committed newcomers rather than specialists, The Opera-Lovers Companion does not set out to cover every opera but only those most frequently encountered in opera houses or on recordings. Although the book is dominated by the five great opera composersMozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Straussfifty-eight other composers are also represented. It is always more pleasurable to go to the opera with a knowledgeable and experienced companion. If you cant, youll want to take this book. Charles Osborne is a well-known writer, critic, and opera specialist who has been London music critic of the New York Times and chief drama critic of the London Daily Telegraph. The author of many books on operas, he lectures regularly in the United States, attends the major opera festivals around the world, sits on award panels, and broadcasts extensively.

In 1967, Luciano Pavarotti was an up-and-coming young tenor with a voice far more impressive than his stage technique or presence. So Decca, his record company, told him, 'Luciano, you're a real nice guy. So you need a real bastard to do your publicity.' Enter Herbert Breslin. The two of them hit it off right away and thus began a professional association and a friendship that lasted over 36 years. The King and I is the story of that relationship, during which Breslin guided what he calls, justifiably, 'the greatest career in classical music', moving Pavarotti out of the opera house and onto the concert (and world) stage, and into the arms of a huge mass public. How he and Pavarotti changed the landscape of opera is one of the most significant and entertaining stories in the history of classical music. Herbert Breslin relates this story in a candid, take-no-prisoners, witty fashion that is often hysterically frank and profane. Read about how Pavarotti transported a whole restaurant to China as he was worried that he wouldn't like the food, and learn about the succession of 'secretaries' which eventually led to the breakdown of his first marriage. He also provides a portrait of his

Nigel Douglas, one of the most versatile figures in international opera, has produced the perfect book for all lovers of this extravagant, enthralling art form. Ranging across several continents and as many centuries, this lavish volume begins with the prima donna and her male counterpart, examining the lives of some of operas most colorful performers. Douglas also provides lively commentary on the filming and recording of opera, controversial directors, venues both fabulous and not, the pleasures and pitfalls of the singing life, and those quintessentially operatic topics: drink and seduction. Boldly mixing musical history, biography, gossip, and anecdote, Nigel Douglas has brilliantly captured the pleasures of opera.

Beautifully illustrated and richly detailed, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera examines the history and development of opera, from its roots in the theatrical choral dances of Ancient Greece, through the sublime compositions of Handel and Mozart and on to the groundbreaking works of Verdi, Wagner and beyond.