Michael Ewans: 2 books
Opera From the Greek
Studies in the Poetics of Appropriation
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Michael Ewans explores how classical Greek tragedy and epic poetry have been appropriated in opera, through eight selected case studies. These range from Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, drawn from Homer's Odyssey, to Mark-Antony Turnage's Greek, based on Sophocles's Oedipus the King. Choices...
Performing Opera
A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
In Performing Opera: A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors Michael Ewans provides a detailed and practical workbook to performing many of the most commonly produced operas. Drawing on examples from twenty-four operas ranging in period from Gluck and Mozart to Britten and Tippett, it illustrates...