Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) - Softcover

Groos, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521319137 ISBN 13: 9780521319133

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1986

Synopsis

This guide presents a unique collection of critical, analytical, and documentary essays on Puccini's most popular opera. There are new studies on the background to Parisian bohemianism (by Jerrold Seigel), on Puccini's musical language (by William Drabkin), and on the opera's stage history (by William Ashbrook). Following research in Italian archives, and a thorough study of the published sources (many of them previously unknown to modern scholarship), the editors have added further essays on the genesis of the opera, the structure of the libretto, and aspects of the work's reception. The book also contains a brief study of Puccini's working methods as seen through the autograph score, a full synopsis, discography, many illustrations, and an appendix of related documents (some published in English for the first time).

About this title

Book Description:

This guide presents a unique collection of critical, analytical and documentary essays on Puccini's most popular opera. It includes new studies on the background to Parisian bohemianism, Puccini's musical language, and the opera's stage history as well as the genesis of the opera, the structure of the libretto, and aspects of the work's reception.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0521319137
• ISBN 13: 9780521319133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 226