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The Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-75) always characterised himself as a 'man of the theatre', and Il Prigioniero (The Prisoner) has been performed more often than any other Italian opera since Puccini. This first collection of his writings to appear in English proves…
Discusses how opera embraces human emotion and experience, Western culture, and individual psychology.
This definitive work tells the entire story of the world's most extraordinary artistic medium of the last four hundred years. Opera paints the human passions with astonishing power and drama. This book, the first new, full-length, single-volume "History of Opera" for more than a…
A study of the Prague Italian opera company and its role in performing Mozart's works in the late eighteenth-century.
Explains the art of opera and examines the most famous operas and composers, giving a sense of history of each composition while relating it to today's audiences.
From Great Composers author Michael Steen, a unique multi-platform project offering a royal box view into one of mankind's greatest art forms. From the soaring heights of Wagner's epic Ring cycle to the tear-jerking emotion of Mozart's breathtakingly beautiful Don Giovanni, oper…