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Sing sorrow : classics, history, and heroines in opera
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Sing sorrow : classics, history, and heroines in opera

Author: Marianne McDonald
Publisher: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2001.
Series: Contributions to the study of music and dance, no. 62
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marianne McDonald
ISBN: 0313315671 9780313315671
OCLC Number: 46565108
Description: viii, 343 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The birth of opera and the use of classics -- Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria: heroism at home -- Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas: witches and weddings -- Mozart's Idomeneo, re di Creta: the king of the day -- Berlioz's Les Troyens: making the romans romantic -- Strauss's Elektra: a father's daughter -- Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex: the king in a trap -- The gospel at Colonus: black pearls and Greek diamonds -- Theodorakis and Euripides' Medea: the wife and mother from hell.
Series Title: Contributions to the study of music and dance, no. 62
Responsibility: Marianne McDonald.

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