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In this book, Anthony Arblaster sets out to uncover the political dimension of a vast range of operatic works, from "The Marriage of Figaro" to "Nixon in China", including many of the most popular in the repertory, revealing the ideals of freedom and justice so often present, but invariably ignored or suppressed by critics. Beginning with an investigation of opera in revolutionary France, Arblaster goes on to analyze Mozart's enigmatic politics, and to explore the work of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and above all, Verdi, in the context of the "Risorgimento". Further chapters examine Wagner's early radicalism and notorious anti-semitism, nationalism in Russian. Czech and English opera, and the weaknesses of Puccini and Strauss. Arblaster discusses women in opera, taking issue with Catherine Clement's influential "Opera, or the Undoing of Women", and concludes with a survey of the treatment of everyday life in opera and musicals from Dallapiccola to Sondheim. The book is aimed at general readers interested in opera and music and should also be a useful text for students of music and cultural studies.
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"This is the book those of us for whom opera cries freedom have long awaited. It had to be by an historian rather than a musical expert, by a lover of opera, by one who cares for words as much as music and who understands man's passions for liberty. Viva la Liberta! is all these things and more." - Ruth Rendell "...beautifully written and argued at every turn ... with every debate properly suffused with a true love of la liberta in every language under the sun and moon." - Michael Foot, Evening Standard "... a superlative music book ... that every true lover of opera should devour greedily." - Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph
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Anthony Arblaster is Reader in Politics at the University of Sheffield. His other books include Academic Freedom, The Rise and Decline of Western Liberalism and Democracy.
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- PublisherVerso Books
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0860913910
- ISBN 13 9780860913917
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages348
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