Performing Opera : A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors.

FC -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Operas Studied -- Foreword -- Preface -- How to Use this Book -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- 1. Introduction -- Part One: Forms -- 2. Arias and Monologues -- 2.1 'Great work, boss!' (Mozart/Da Ponte, Lenozze di Figaro, no. 3). -- 2.2 Wotan confides in his 'will' (Wagner Die Walküre II.2) -- 2.3 I believe in a cruel God … (Verdi/Boito Otello II.2) -- 2.4 'One fine day…' (Puccini/Giacosa and Illica [after Belasco] Madama Butterfly Act II scene 1) -- 2.5 Kát'a's ecstasy (Janáček after Ostrovsky Kát'a Kabanová, Act I scene 2) -- 2.6 Now the great Bear … (Britten/Slater Peter Grimes, Act I scene 2) -- 2.7 Conclusion -- 3. Duets -- 3.1 The Art of Seduction (Mozart/Da Ponte Don Giovanni, Act 1 scene 9) -- 3.2 'On Such a Night …' (Berlioz after Virgil Les Troyens IV, no. 37) -- 3.3 Love in a garret (Puccini/Giacosa and Illica, La Bohème Act 1) -- 3.4 Jenůfa and Laca alone (Janáček after Preissová Jenůfa Act III scene 3) -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4. Confrontations -- 4.1 Elektra and Klytämnestra (Strauss/Hofmannsthal Elektra) -- 4.2 Kát'a and Tichon (Janáček/Ostrovsky, Kát'a Kabanová, Act I scene 2). -- 4.3 Lulu masters Dr Schön (Berg/Wedekind Lulu Act 1 scene 3) -- 4.4 Not going to church (Britten/Slater Peter Grimes Act II scene 1) -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5. Ensembles -- 5.1 A cruel departure (Mozart/Da Ponte Cosìfan tutte, I.4, no.6) -- 5.2 Lust and treachery (Verdi/Piave Rigoletto III.3, no.16) -- 5.3 Death in the cards (Bizet/Meilhac and Halévy Carmen III.2, no. 20) -- 5.4 Siegfried must die! (Wagner, Götterdämmerung II.5) -- 5.5 'Stone her!' (Janáček/Preissová Jenůfa III. 6-10) -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Part Two: Encounters -- 6. Noises Off -- 6.1 Cassandre and the Trojan Horse (Berlioz Les Troyens after Virgil, Act I no. 11 [Finale]).

6.2 The death of Carmen (Bizet/Meilhac and Halévy Carmen, Act IV [Finale]) -- 6.3 Hoé! Hisse hoé! (Debussy/Maeterlinck Pelléas et Mélisande Act I scene 3) -- 6.4 Treasure, garden and domain (Bartók/Balázs, Duke Bluebeard's Castle, doors 3, 4 and 5) -- 6.5 'Peter Grimes!' (Britten/Slater Peter Grimes Act III scene 2) -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 7. Interactions with the Numinous -- 7.1 The trial by fire and water (Mozart/Schikaneder Die Zauberflöte II.28, no. 21) -- 7.2 Parsifal and the Grail (Wagner, Parsifal, Act III finale) -- 7.3 Kát'a and the river voices (Janáček after Ostrovsky Kát'a Kabanová III.2) -- 7.4 Wozzeck in the open field (Berg/Büchner Wozzeck, Act I scene 2) -- 7.5 'Fire! Fire! St John's Fire.' (Tippett, The Midsummer Marriage, III.8) -- 7.6 Conclusion -- Part Three: Shaping the Opera -- 8. Characterization -- 8.1 Véronique Gens as Iphigénie, directed by Pierre Audi -- 8.2 Rodney Gilfrey as Don Giovanni, directed by Jürgen Flimm. -- 8.3 Teresa Stratas as Salome, directed by Götz Friedrich. -- 8.4 Conclusion -- 9. The Sense of Inevitability -- 9.1 Carmen (Meilhac and Halévy/Bizet/Zambello) -- 9.2 Elektra (Hofmannsthal/Strauss/Friedrich) -- 9.3 Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Select Discography -- Scores -- Index.

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