Opera as drama

Opera as drama / Joseph Kerman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kerman, Joseph, 1924-2014
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : A.A. Knopf, 1956.
Edition:	[1st ed.].
Subjects:	Opera > Dramaturgy.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Opera as drama
THE TRADITION: Orpheus: the neoclassic vision
The dark ages
Action and the musical continuity
Mozart
Otello: traditional opera and the image of Shakespeare
REFORM: Opera as sung play
Opera as symphonic poem
RETRENCHMENT: Wozzeck and The Rake's Progress
Drama and the alternative.