Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd - Couverture souple

Cooke, Mervyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521387507 ISBN 13 : 9780521387507

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Cambridge Opera Handbooks Recueil pour Ouvrages de référence publié en 1993 sous la référence 9780521387507 par Cambridge University Press. A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera, Billy Budd.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Billy Budd, based on Herman Melville's nautical allegory, is one of Britten's most challenging operas. This comprehensive guide considers the work from both literary and musical viewpoints. Melville's novella is discussed, as is the interpretation given to the novella by the librettists E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier. A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera and in a chapter devoted to the music, Britten's distinctive technique of tonal symbolism is analysed to demonstrate the effectiveness of his musical response to the dramatic suggestions of Melville's story. The most important critical writings on Billy Budd are represented by an expanded version of Donald Mitchell's 1979 notebook on the opera. A final chapter charts the opera's stage history and fluctuating critical reception.

Revue de presse :

"...a concise, informative study of Benjamin Britten's grandest opera." New York Daily News

"...excellent...enlightening...Cooke and Reed have put together a very useful and helpful handbook..." The Opera Journal

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521387507
• ISBN 13: 9780521387507
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 194