Many of the greatest works in the operatic repertoire bear the hallmarks of modernism. At first glance, modernism and opera may seem like strange bedfellows--the former hostile to sentiment, the latter wearing its heart on its sleeve. And yet these apparent opposites attract: many operas are aesthetically avant-garde, politically subversive, and socially transgressive. From the proto-modernist strains of Richard Wagner's Parsifal...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1421420627
ISBN13:9781421420622
Release Date:November 2016
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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