1st Edition
Twentieth-Century British Authors and the Rise of Opera in Britain
By Irene Morra
Copyright 2007
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is the first to examine in depth the contributions of major British authors such as W. H. Auden and E. M. Forster, as critics and librettists, to the rise of British opera in the twentieth century. The perceived literary values of British authors, as much as the musical innovations of British composers, informed the aesthetic development of British opera. Indeed, British opera emerged as... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Drama, verse and the musical libretto; Nation, modernity and the operatic stage; The muddying of the wells; Conclusion; Works consulted; Index.
Biography
Irene Morra is Lecturer in the Departments of English and Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University, UK.
’... (an) excellent book ...With marvellous subtlety, careful argumentation and incisive literary critique, Morra explicates the unique interplays, synergies and tensions between literary source, librettist, composer and performance that attend the creation of every opera. ... It is Morra's considerable achievement to have navigated this difficult and contentious terrain with verve, clarity and decisiveness ...’ Times Literary Supplement
