A detailed study of the earliest opera to have gained a foothold in the modern repertoire, the book begins with a historical section in which all the known evidence about the creation and early performances of Orfeo is drawn together and evaluated. The second section of the book includes a detailed history of the rediscovery of the opera; an influential essay by Joseph Kerman is reprinted here, together with a review by Romain Rolland of the first modern performance of Orfeo. The final section includes essays by a conductor and a producer who have staged notable performances of the opera in recent years. They explain their approaches to the work, and offer solutions to some of the problems it poses in performance.
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All known evidence regarding the creation and early performances of Orfeo are drawn together and evaluated. Also features essays by a conductor and producer who have staged notable performances of the work in recent years. Includes a discography.
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[Monteverdi] has shown me the words and let me hear the music of the play [comedia] which Your Highness had performed, and certainly both poet and musician have depicted the inclinations of the heart so skilfully that it could not have been done better. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
using original instrumentation, nella nostra accademia, voi ritorno, caso acerbo, continuo realisation, lieto fine, strophic variations, continuo instruments, messenger scene, del ciel, choral finale, minor harmony, divine fury, major harmony, early opera, vocal score Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Francesco Gonzaga, Alessandro Striggio, Grand Duke, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Monteverdi's Orfeo, Schola Cantorum, English National Opera, Ottavio Rinuccini, Father Lyaeus, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Jacopo Peri, Kent Opera, Peri's Euridice, Carlo Emanuele, Carlo Magno, Dante's Inferno, Francesco Rasi, Jane Glover, Poliziano's Orfeo, Roger Norrington, Vito Frazzi, Denis Stevens, Frank Howes, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Infernal Chorus New!
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[Monteverdi] has shown me the words and let me hear the music of the play [comedia] which Your Highness had performed, and certainly both poet and musician have depicted the inclinations of the heart so skilfully that it could not have been done better. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
using original instrumentation, nella nostra accademia, voi ritorno, caso acerbo, continuo realisation, lieto fine, strophic variations, continuo instruments, messenger scene, del ciel, choral finale, minor harmony, divine fury, major harmony, early opera, vocal score Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Francesco Gonzaga, Alessandro Striggio, Grand Duke, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Monteverdi's Orfeo, Schola Cantorum, English National Opera, Ottavio Rinuccini, Father Lyaeus, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Jacopo Peri, Kent Opera, Peri's Euridice, Carlo Emanuele, Carlo Magno, Dante's Inferno, Francesco Rasi, Jane Glover, Poliziano's Orfeo, Roger Norrington, Vito Frazzi, Denis Stevens, Frank Howes, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Infernal Chorus New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Claudio Monteverdi by Denis Stevens on 4 pages
- Monteverdi Companion by Arnold Denis in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Rise of Opera by Robert Donington in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics) by Dante Alighieri in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Birth of Opera (Clarendon Paperbacks) by F. W. Sternfeld in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Divining the Oracle: Monteverdi's Seconda prattica by Massimo Ossi on page 143, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi (AMADEUS) by Mark Ringer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Richard Strauss: Arabella (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by Kenneth Birkin in Front Matter
- Alban Berg: Wozzeck (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by Douglas Jarman in Front Matter
- Vincenzo Bellini: Norma (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) by David R. B. Kimbell in Front Matter
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