Nero in opera : librettos as transformations of ancient sources / Gesine Manuwald.

This book analyses the story of Nero and Octavia, as dramatically told in the pseudo-Senecan Octavia, and its transformations in (early) modern opera and related pieces of other performative genres. In a close examination of the libretto (and dramatic) texts, the impact of this fascinating story is...

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Main Author: Manuwald, Gesine (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2013]
Series:Transformationen der Antike ; Bd. 24.
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