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010 a| 2006031476;

020 a| 9780226475226 (cloth : alk. paper);

020 a| 0226475220 (cloth : alk. paper);

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100 1 a| Levin, David J.,d| 1960-=| ^A326618;

245 10 a| Unsettling opera :b| staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinsky /c| David J. Levin.;

260 a| Chicago :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| 2007.;

300 a| xix, 254 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| This book explores a variety of fields, considering questions of operatic textuality, dramaturgical practice, and performance theory. The author opens with a brief history of opera production, opera studies, and dramatic composition, and goes on to consider in detail various productions of the works of Wagner, Mozart, Verdi, and Alexander der Zemlinsky. Ultimately, the book seeks to initiate a conversation among scholars of music literature, and performance by addressing questions raised in each field in a manner that influences them all.;

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650 0 a| Operax| Production and direction.=| ^A15208;

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Unsettling opera : staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Zemlinsky / David J. Levin.

Author/creator	Levin, David J., 1960-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Description	xix, 254 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Subjects	Opera--Dramaturgy. Opera--Production and direction.

Contents	Dramaturgy and mise-en-scène -- Reading a staging/staging a reading: Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in performance -- Fidelity in translation: Mozart and Da Ponte's Le nozze di Figaro -- Deconstructing Singspiel: Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail [Abduction from the Seraglio] -- Between sublimation and audacity: Verdi's Don Carlos -- Beyond the canon: Zemlinsky's Der König Kandaules.
Abstract	This book explores a variety of fields, considering questions of operatic textuality, dramaturgical practice, and performance theory. The author opens with a brief history of opera production, opera studies, and dramatic composition, and goes on to consider in detail various productions of the works of Wagner, Mozart, Verdi, and Alexander der Zemlinsky. Ultimately, the book seeks to initiate a conversation among scholars of music literature, and performance by addressing questions raised in each field in a manner that influences them all.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2006031476
ISBN	9780226475226 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226475220 (cloth : alk. paper)

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