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Opera A History in Documents

by Weiss, Piero

ISBN13: 9780195116380
ISBN10: 0195116380
Additional ISBN(s): 9780195116373
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2002-02-21
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

In this unique anthology of primary source material, Piero Weiss presentsa wide-ranging, vivid, and carefully researched tour of operatic history. Thechronologically organized selections include 115 passages--private letters,portions of libretti, literary criticism, satire, and poetry--from opera's lateRenaissance infancy through modern times. This first-hand testimony allowsstudents to experience the history of opera as eyewitnesses, offering animmediacy and validity unmatched by standard histories. Readers will betransported to a Medici wedding in sixteenth century Florence, to the HaymarketTheatre for a performance of Handel's Rinaldo, to Mozart at work on DieEntfuhrung aus dem Serail, and to Bertoldt Brecht's writing desk, among manyother landmarks in opera's history. Weiss expertly guides students, providinghighly accessible introductions to each section that both contextualize theexcerpts and position them within the broader historical narrative. In addition,he offers original translations of more than half of the material in the book,many of which appear here in English for the first time. Stage settings,costumes, portraits, contemporary playbills, and other illustrations enliven thetext and help to recreate the feel of the era under discussion. Opera: A Historyin Documents is an intrinsically lively text that will enrich college courses onopera and delight any music-loving reader.

Table of Contents

Preface

xi

The Medici Wedding Festivities of 1589 (de' Rossi)

1

(7)

Pietro Bardi on the Birth of Opera

8

(3)

L'Euridice, the Second Opera (Buonarroti, Rinuccini, Peri, Caccini)

11

(8)

Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di anima, et di corpo (Guidotti, Cavalieri)

19

(5)

Monteverdi Criticizes a Libretto

24

(4)

Sant'Alessio at the Barberini Palace, Rome (Rospigliosi, Bouchard)

28

(6)

Opera Comes to Venice and Goes Public (Ivanovich)

34

(5)

Lully is Granted a Monopoly on Opera in French (Colbert, Lully)

39

(5)

The Grand Siecle Absorbs the Tragedie en musique (Perrault, La Fontaine, Boileau)

44

(7)

Saint-Evremond's Views on Opera

51

(9)

The First English Operas (Dryden)

60

(5)

Handel's Rinaldo at the Haymarket Theatre (Hill, G. Rossi, Addison, Steele)

65

(8)

Pier Jacopo Martello on Opera (1715)

73

(8)

The President de Brosses in Italy (1739)

81

(9)

Metastasio on Setting Dramatic Recitative to Music

90

(7)

From Rousseau's Confessions

97

(9)

The War of the Buffoons (d'Holbach)

106

(9)

Interlude: A Traveling Company (G. Gozzi)

111

(4)

Operatic Reform in Vienna: Gluck and Calzabigi

115

(6)

Gluck in Paris (Meister)

121

(9)

Mozart at Work on Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail

130

(6)

Gretry's Richard Cur-de-Lion (Meister, Gretry)

136

(5)

The Making of Le nozze di Figaro (L. and W. A. Mozart, Da Ponte)

141

(6)

Kierkegaard's Don Giovanni

147

(9)

Fidelio in 1806 (Rockel)

156

(6)

Berlioz's Estimate of Spontini

162

(3)

E. T. A. Hoffmann on ``Music Drama That Springs from the Heart''

165

(7)

The First Performance of Il barbiere di Siviglia (Righetti-Giorgi)

172

(3)

Der Freischutz: A German Triumph (M. M. von Weber)

175

(4)

Parisian Grand Opera: Auber's La Muette de Portici as Seen by Wagner

179

(6)

Interlude: Madame Pasta (Hunt)

181

(4)

Verdi's Own Story of How Nabucco Was Composed

185

(4)

Verdi's Operatic Style Analyzed by a Contemporary (Basevi)

189

(7)

Wagner on the Evolution of his Style

196

(5)

Wagner's Theory of Drama

201

(11)

Divergent Reactions to Boris Godunov (Laroche, Stasov)

212

(4)

Tchaikovsky on Eugene Onegin

216

(7)

Nietzsche vs. Wagner

223

(7)

Verdi's Otello (Boito, Verdi, Morelli)

230

(15)

Interlude: Verdi and Wagner in Vienna (J. Sulzer)

243

(2)

Verismo (Verga)

245

(6)

Four Men at Work on La boheme (Illica, Puccini, Ricordi, Giacosa)

251

(7)

Pelleas et Melisande (Mauclair, journalist, Debussy)

258

(7)

Strauss and Hofmannsthal Work on Der Rosenkavalier

265

(7)

Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Ballasz)

272

(3)

Busoni and the Reinstatement of Disbelief

275

(3)

In Defense of Kat'a Kabanova, (Stuart)

278

(5)

Alban Berg on Wozzeck

283

(5)

Brecht on ``Epic Opera''

288

(9)

Shostakovich and the Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Debacle (Shostakovich, Pravda)

297

(9)

Interlude: An Italian Claque (Montale)

304

(2)

Peter Grimes in Postwar London (Edm. Wilson)

306

(4)

Stravinsky, Auden, and The Rake's Progress

310

(9)

A First Reaction to Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites (Mila)

319

(3)

Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass (Page)

322

(6)

John Adams on Nixon in China

328

(6)

Index

334

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