The New Grove Dictionary of Opera [4 volume set]

Stanley Sadie (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0333734327 / ISBN 13: 9780333734322

Edité par Macmillan Press ; Grove's Dictionaries of Music Inc. [distributor], London, New York, 1998

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4 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. Issued in a worn slip case. Contents: More than 11,000 articles, all fully cross-referenced, including: - over 1,750 articles on operas - over 2,500 articles on singers and conductors - over 3,000 articles on composers - more than 400 articles on cities - articles covering librettists, producers, directors and designers; opera houses; patrons and impresarios; history and terminology of opera - 800 illustrations - indices of role names and of first lines of arias and ensembles.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera [4 volume set]
• Éditeur: Macmillan Press ; Grove's Dictionaries of Music Inc. [distributor], London, New York
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0333734327
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780333734322
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Fine
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Synopsis

This is an opera reference covering four volumes, with over 1300 contributions. The 11,000 articles are cross-referenced and deal with all of the varied aspects of the operatic experience, from the composer, librettist and their cultural background, through singers, conductors and directors, to cities, opera houses, costume, choreography and set design. The dictionary features: over 1750 articles on operas; over 2500 articles on singers and conductors; over 3000 articles on composers; more than 400 articles on cities; and further articles covering producers, designers, patrons and impressarios, and history and terminology of opera. The work includes indices of character names and first lines of arias and ensembles.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Incorporating a decade of musicological research, the Dictionary is unsurpassed in its scope and quality, with contributions from over 1,300 of the world's leading critics and scholars. A remarkable 11,000 articles, all fully cross-referenced, create a work that has become established as the essential opera reference. Indeed, every aspect of this varied art form is covered: composers, conductors, directors, performers, librettists, literary sources, cities and countries, operatic historians, and opera genres and terminology. BLOver 1800 operas are discussed from the late 16th century Florentine Camerata, through the great 18th and 19th century operas, to contemporary works such as the minimalist theatre pieces of Philip Glass BLThe lives and careers of over 2900 composers are discussed in depth, with entries containing critical assessments as well as discussion of their individual careers and major achievements BLProfiles of every singer who has made a significant contribution to opera are included, from Francesco Rasi in the 1600s to Luciano Pavarotti in the 1990s BLTwo unrivaled indices of character names and arias make it the most useful and user-friendly opera dictionary available BLIllustrated throughout with rare photographs, reproductions of original posters, set and costume designs, and scenes from recent performances