Daniel Snowman: 3 books
La Ópera
Una historia social
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Desde los inicios de la ópera en las diversas cortes del norte de Italia hasta su expansión por Europa y más allá, este libro explora el mundo de los teatros de ópera y los empresarios operísticos, de monarcas y negociantes, de artistas y públicos. En su Grand Tour operístico, el autor nos...
by Daniel Snowman
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) was the Shakespeare of opera, the composer of Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Aida and Otello. The chorus of Hebrew slaves from Nabucco (1842) is regarded in Italy as virtually an alternative national anthem, and the great tragedian rounded off his career 50 years...
The Gilded Stage
A Social History of Opera
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influential art-form: opera
From its beginnings in the Renaissance cities of northern Italy opera has permeated through Europe, America, and beyond, becoming...