Don Quijote's Sally into the World of Opera: Libretti Between 1680 and 1976: 2 (Studies on Cervantes and His Time) - Hardcover

Osquival-Heinemann, Barbara P

9780820416557: Don Quijote's Sally into the World of Opera: Libretti Between 1680 and 1976: 2 (Studies on Cervantes and His Time)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082041655X ISBN 13: 9780820416557

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1994

The fascinating character of Don Quijote has intrigued readers and literary critics throughout the centuries. Yet, the windmill-fighting knight and his jolly squire, Sancho Panza, had an even greater impact on the world of music and particularly opera. This book examines the history of "Don Quijote" in opera from the 17th century to our times. It offers great insight into the reception of this literary work via operatic interpretations in major European countries. It also shows how an important literary work influenced the development and evolution of certain forms of opera.

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Review:

-The work of Professor Barbara Heinemann creates for us a new quantum of Cervantine materials. The acquisition of over seventy opera titles and librettos based on 'Don Quixote' is in itself an impressive feat of scholarship. Not only are we presented with the unexpected phenomenon of 'Cervantine opera, ' a hybrid genre of literary and musical documents, but the material is organized in such a way that we can trace the shifting generic alignments within diverse national cultures. In addition, this collection of re-tellings constitutes a historical overview of how the 'Quixote' was read from the later 17th century to the present.- (Edward Dudley, SUNY-Buffalo)"

About the Author:

The Author: Barbara P. Esquival-Heinemann is an assistant professor of Spanish at Winthrop College, South Carolina. She was educated in Germany, Spain, Canada and the United States, and received her Ph.D. from SUNY-Buffalo. Her teaching experience includes three years at St. Lawrence University, New York, where she was also a Faculty Advisor for International students. She has travelled widely, and for three years hosted her own Radio opera show in Waterloo, Ontario."

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