American Political Opera in the Twentieth Century

von Joanna Miklaszewska

206 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The author analyses the substantial contribution made by American composers to the development of twentieth-century opera. The methodological approach employed in this book is influenced by Mieczyslaw Tomaszewski’s method of integral interpretation. The operas analyzed in this monograph, written from 1976 onwards, represent a watershed in twentieth-century American opera, characterised by three main aspects: firstly, creation of video-opera, represented by the works of Steve Reich, secondly, creation of a new kind of opera based on topics related to contemporary events that are manifested with documentary fidelity, represented by works of John Adams, and lastly, the introduction of a new genre: a portrait opera, characteristic for the works of Philip Glass.

• Reihe: Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance
• Themen: Kunst Musik Musikgeschichte
• ISBN: 9783631771716
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2019
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Übersetzung: John Comber