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Early Opera in America

Book by O. G. Sonneck; G. Schirmer, 1915

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Opera--United States

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EARLY OPERA IN AMERICA PART I PRE-REVOLUTIONARY...almost exclusively to ballad-operas, using this term here, for want...closely are the vicissitudes of early opera in America interwoven with the early history of the American theatre...
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Shakespearean Music in the Plays and Early Operas

Book by Frederick Bridge; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1923

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Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Music

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...and was practically the first opera produced in England. Scenery...the diarist, in one of his early entries. He was a remarkable...completely write an English opera, and his Psyche is full of...and claims the work as an early specimen of Henry Purcell...
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Operas in English: A Dictionary

Book by Margaret Ross Griffel, Adrienne Fried Block; Greenwood Press, 1999

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Opera--Dictionaries

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_____. Early Opera in America . New York: G. Schirmer...pp. Virga, Patricia H. The American Opera to 1790 . Studies in Musicology, no...Not Do! John Rich and Covent Gardens Early Years." MT CXXIII 1982 , 831-35...
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The Birth of Opera

Book by F. W. Sternfeld; Clarendon Press, 1995

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Libretto, Opera--Italy

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the success of operas has not depended on whether...and move into the sphere of opera but more about that in the...Most authors dealing with the earlier seventeenth century would...exclusion from the history of early opera undesirable. It would...student who consults a book on early opera has a working knowledge...secular, a few spiritual. Some early specimens were short madrigals...
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Opera: A Research and Information Guide

Book by Guy A. Marco; Garland, 2001

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Operas--Bibliography

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...actually had begun a century earlier: 2260. Zaslaw, Neal. The First Opera in Paris: A Study in the...Irony and vraisemblance in Early opera-comique. In Die opera...Charlton, elaborating on earlier work by Daniel Heartz, gives...Duet and Ensemble in the Early opera-comique. New York...this practice and analyzes operas by Sacchini, Dalayrac, Cherubini...

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Journal Articles on: early opera

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Robert C. Ketterer. Ancient Rome in Early Opera

Journal article by Michael Ewans; Comparative Drama, Vol. 43, 2009

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Ancient Rome in Early Opera (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Ketterer. Ancient Rome in Early Opera. by Michael Ewans Robert C. Ketterer. Ancient Rome in Early Opera. Champaign: University...00. This book discusses operas based on themes drawn from...demonstrates that "Rome provided early modern Europe with impressive...
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Voicing Gender: Castrati, Travesti, and the Second Woman in Early-Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera

Journal article by Stephanie Jensen-Moulton; Women & Music, Vol. 13, 2009

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Andre, Naomi--Criticism and interpretation, Andre, Naomi--Works, College faculty--Criticism and interpretation, College faculty--Works, College teachers--Criticism and interpretation, College teachers--Works, Feminism--Analysis, Operas--Demographic aspects, Sex role--Analysis, Sex roles--Analysis, Voicing Gender: Castrati, Travesti, and the Second Woman in Early-Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera (Nonfiction work)--Criticism and interpretation

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...Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera. by Stephanie Jensen...the Second Woman in Early-Nineteenth-Century...the Second Woman in Early-Nineteenth-Century...heroines of post-1830 operas by Bellini, Donizetti...listening to women in opera, she devotes the majority...female leading singers in early Romantic operas that enable readers...
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Song and Season: Science, Culture, and Theatrical Time in Early Modern Venice (the Calendar of Venetian Opera)

Journal article by Alexandra Amati-Camperi; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Song and Season: Science, Culture, and Theatrical Time in Early Modern Venice (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Culture, and Theatrical Time in Early Modern Venice (the Calendar of Venetian Opera). by Alexandra Amati-Camperi...Culture, and Theatrical Time in Early Modern Venice (The Calendar...listing of works performed in early modern Venice. Selfridge...
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"First Name Unknown": Violist Anton Schreiber, the Schuppanzigh Quartet, and Early Performances of Beethoven's String Quartets, Opus 59

Journal article by Theodore Albrecht; The Beethoven Journal, Vol. 19, 2004

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...Schuppanzigh Quartet, and Early Performances of Beethovens String Quartets, Opus 59 by Theodore Albrecht I...1796, and probably somewhat earlier, Schreiber had moved to...played second violin in the opera orchestra of the National...Theater thereafter. Schreibers earliest recorded public appearance...suggests that, by late 1805 or early 1806, Rasumovsky had already...Although details of those very earliest performances of Opus 59 have...
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Thomas Clayton and the Introduction of Italian Opera to England

Journal article by Thomas Mcgeary; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 77, 1998

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Clayton, Thomas--Conduct of life, Operas--18th century

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...subsequent course of Italian opera in England by his not...Clotilda, and revivals of earlier operas, such as Camilla...Lindgren, "Critique of Opera in London, 1705-1719...25) "Of the New Operas and Plays," vol...William S. Clark, The Early Irish Stage (Oxford...not certain"; see Opera in Dublin, 1705-1797...

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Magazine Articles on: early opera

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Boston Early Music Festival: Psyché

Magazine article by Patrick Dillon; Opera Canada, Vol. 48, September 2007

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Blin, Gilbert, Boston Baroque, Boston Early Music Festival, Gauvin, Karina, Musical performances, Opera, Sampson, Carolyn

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Boston Early Music Festival: Psyche by Patrick Dillon Boston Early Music Festival Psyche If you like your Baroque opera served straight, with no smirks, winks...signs of condescension, then the Boston Early Music Festivals biennial stagings of...
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Telemaco: a Rare Work of an Early Italian Master

Magazine article by Carl Morey; Opera Canada, Vol. 46, September 2005

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Composers, Italy, Opera, Personal profiles, Scarlatti, Alessandro

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...Telemaco: a Rare Work of an Early Italian Master by Carl Morey...was the pre-eminent Italian opera composer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Born in Palermo...composed three of his last operas, beginning in 1718 with Telemaco...subject of many 18th-century operas. Scarlattis opera begins with a lavish prologue...
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Early Adopters, Disciples and Travelling Shows

Magazine article by Carl Morey; Opera Canada, Vol. 47, September 2006

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Canada, Composers, Music festivals, Musical criticism, Opera, Orchestras, Wagner, Richard (1813-83)

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Early Adopters, Disciples and Travelling...Nevertheless, Wagner s early popular success was so phenomenal...advent of the Metropolitan Opera Company. He visited Toronto...characteristic numbers from his earliest operas, as well as from his Nibelungen...Hildegarde Behrens. In the early 1970s, the COC attempted...
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Partenope

Magazine article by Neil Crory; Opera Canada, Vol. 46, September 2005

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Curnyn, Christian, Early Opera Co, Handel, George F, Opera

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...and Emilio. Although the libretto had been rejected years earlier by the Royal Academy of Music as being too frivolous, Handel...Vickers have praised it as one of the best of Handels 35 London operas. Musically, the score lives up to its reputation, offering...dressing. Christian Curnyn does lead the orchestra of the Early Opera Company in a stylish, pleasing performance, but how one...
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Thésée

Magazine article by Neil Crory; Opera Canada, Vol. 48, September 2007

Subjects:

Boston Early Music Festival, Musical recordings, Opera

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...proved one of the composers great successes, part of the standard repertoire at the Paris Opera for almost a century before falling into neglect. Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) revived Thesee in June 2001 in a production that was both an artistic...

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Newspaper Articles on: early opera

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Opera Plans Early Start for New Season

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 3, 2001

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Washington Opera

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Opera plans early start for new season...Sept. 8, six weeks earlier than in past years...first time, all eight operas also will be performed...Domingo. Meanwhile, the opera begins producing three more operas in its 2000-01 season...area resident whose early career included a few...
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King for Two Days TNT Does the Horror Writer Right with the Miniseries 'Salem's Lot,' a Streamlined Early Opus in His Canon

Newspaper article by Ted Cox; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 18, 2004

Subjects:

King, Stephen

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Right with the Miniseries Salems Lot, a Streamlined Early Opus in His Canon. by Ted Cox Byline: Ted Cox Daily Herald...Thats in part because the original "Salems Lot" is an early King opus from the mid-70s. Its a fairly conventional vampire...
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Slow Sales 'May Force Changes' to Faenol Offerings; BUY TICKETS EARLY TO HELP FESTIVAL,OPERA STAR URGES

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 17, 2010

Subjects:

Terfel, Bryn

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Offerings; BUY TICKETS EARLY TO HELP FESTIVAL,OPERA STAR URGES. Byline: CIARAN JONES OPERA star Bryn Terfel has appealed...of another major event earlier this month. Mervyn Cousins...to Faenol was disclosed earlier this month, Mr Cousins...
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The Calmer Palmer; Patsy Palmer's Early Life Was More Eventful Than Her Most Outlandish Soap Opera Scripts - Which Is Why, She Tells Jon Wilde, She's Finally Ready to Spare Herself the Drama

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 23, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Calmer Palmer; Patsy Palmers Early Life Was More Eventful Than Her Most Outlandish Soap Opera Scripts - Which Is Why, She Tells Jon Wilde, Shes Finally Ready to Spare Herself the Drama. Byline: JON WILDE Patsy Palmer...
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Bryn's Journey; Bryn Terfel Has Returned to His Early Repertoire for His Latest Album - Songs from the British Isles. the Opera Giant Tells Karen Price How He Pulled It Together, with a Little Help from an Irish Pop Star Music Matters

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 5, 2008

Subjects:

Terfel, Bryn

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Terfel Has Returned to His Early Repertoire for His Latest...from the British Isles. the Opera Giant Tells Karen Price How...Although hes not doing any major operas until early next year, his diary is...Falstaff with Welsh National Opera in March, he was only in...could be found among his earliest vocal repertoire. The international...Home. The albumwas recorded earlier this year in Hampsteadand...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: early opera

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Opera

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

OPERA drama set to...continuo in the operas of Mozart and...on salvation. Early Opera Florentine...accordingly, the earliest operas took their...solo song, the early composers referred...genres, the opera seria (serious...Development of earlier baroque opera...had no part in earlier operas. However, it...known works, the early La Favola dOrfeo...
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Metropolitan Opera Company

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY term used in referring...was Gounods Faust. Among the early managers were Henry E. Abbey...he had succeeded Bing. The operas assistant manager, Schuyler...1986. Todays Metropolitan Opera produces an average of 23 different operas in six languages each season...Hamilton, ed., The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia (1987...
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Opus Dei

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

OPUS DEI o p s da e Lat.,=work of God, Roman...officially the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. Opus Dei was founded in 1928 by a wealthy lawyer...influence there, however, has waned since the early 1970s. Receiving increased support from...
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Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...They include A Bibliography of Early Secular American Music (1905, rev. ed. 1945); Early Concert-Life in America...Banner (1914); Catalogue of Opera Librettos Printed before 1800 (2 vol., 1914); Early Opera in America (1915...
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Song

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...for the ayre composed by the early 17th-century English lutenists...upon the development of the opera . The principle of accompanied...and is inseparable from the early development of opera, also marked the beginning...accompaniment. Outstanding among earlier examples are the Arien of Heinrich...

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