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Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? The authors answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role.

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The first full new history of opera in sixty years, now in paperback in an updated second editionWhy has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role. In a new revision with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century, this book explores the tensions that have sustained opera over 400 years- between words and music, character and singer, inattention and absorption. Abbate and Parker argue that, though the genre's most popular and enduring works were almost all written in a distant European past, opera continues to transform the viewer with its enduring power.

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The first full new history of opera in 60 years, telling the entire story of the extraordinary artistic medium, including contemporary opera. Now in paperback, in an updated second edition.

Author Biography

Carolyn Abbate is Professor of Music at Harvard University and the author of Unsung Voices and In Search of Opera. Her work has been translated into many languages. She herself is a translator, and has been involved in theatre as a dramaturge and director.Roger Parker is Professor of Music at King's College, London, and the author of Leonora's Last Act and Remaking the Song. He is founding co-editor of the Donizetti critical edition, and editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera.

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Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role.

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Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role.

Details ISBN0141009012 Author Roger Parker Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2015 ISBN-10 0141009012 ISBN-13 9780141009018 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Subtitle The Last Four Hundred Years Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 24 pp colour inset Pages 656 DEWEY 782.1 Short Title A History of Opera Language English Publication Date 2015-08-06 UK Release Date 2015-08-06 Audience General NZ Release Date 2015-09-22 AU Release Date 2015-09-22 We've got this

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