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9780300115260

First Nights at the Opera

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300115260

  • ISBN10:

    0300115261

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2006-05-28
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

What was it like at the opening night of Mozart'sDon Giovanni orWagner'sDas Rheingold?This glittering introduction to the world of opera takes us behind the scenes during premiere performances of five extraordinary operas. "A rare and wonderful cultural history."Philip Kennicott,WashingtonPost "An absorbing tangle of minutiae about performing circumstances, personalities, conventions, expectations, critical responses, gossip. . . . This book is readable. Addictively."Michael White,Opera Now "This thoroughly enjoyable and informative book will delight all opera lovers; highly recommended."Library Journal

Author Biography

Thomas Forrest Kelly is Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction xi
George Frideric Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto London, February 20, 1724, 6:00 P.M.
1(62)
Documents
Wolfgang Amade Mozart, Il dissoluto punito, ossia Il Don Giovanni Prague, October 29, 1787, 7:00 P.M.
63(70)
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Giacomo Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots Paris, February 29, 1836, 7:00 P.M.
133(96)
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Richard Wagner, Das Rheingold Bayreuth, August 13, 1876, 7:00 P.M.
229(86)
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Giuseppe Verdi, Otello Milan, February 5, 1887, 8:15 P.M.
315(74)
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Conclusion 389(4)
Recommended Recordings 393(8)
Robert J. Dennis
Further Reading 401(6)
Notes 407(18)
Index 425(16)
Illustration Credits 441

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