Opera and its Symbols: The Unity of Words, Music and Staging

Robert Donington

ISBN 10: 0300047134 / ISBN 13: 9780300047134

Published by Yale University Press, 1990

About this Item

Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1990. Hardcover, 1st ediiton, 1st printing (full number line). With diagrams and black & white photo illustrations. Fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket is in a new mylar sleeve.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1660514414578

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Opera and its Symbols: The Unity of Words, Music and Staging
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300047134
• ISBN 13: 9780300047134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music
  • Opera
  • Theatre

About this title

Synopsis

The author is a noted musicologist, performer, and writer, known for his book "Wagner's Ring and Its Symbols", and for his reference work "The Interpretation of Early Music". In this book, he discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. Only in this way, claims the author, can we be faithful to the conscious or unconscious symbolism invested in the work by the composer and librettist.