Literature as opera.

Schmidgall, Gary, 1945-

Literature as opera. - New York, Oxford University Press, 1977. - xi, 431 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An opening perspective.--George Frideric Handel: Orlando, Ariodante, Alcina.--Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro.--Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda and Lucia di Lammermoor.--Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini.--Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth.--Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin.--Richard Strauss: Salome.--Alban Berg: Wozzeck.--Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice.--Afterword: The crisis of modern opera.--Literature as opera, a symposium.

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Opera--Dramaturgy.
Music and literature.

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