The Oxford Handbook of Opera

Contents

• CONTENTS
• List of Figures
• List of Musical Examples
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• A Note about Translations and Music Examples
• INTRODUCTION: Helen M. Greenwald
• PART I. WHAT IS OPERA?
• 1. Tim Carter: What is Opera?
• 2. Emanuele Senici: Genre
• 3. Derek B. Scott: Musical Theater(s)
• 4. Monika Hennemann: Operatorio?
• 5. Lydia Goehr: The Concept of Opera
• PART II. WORDS, MUSIC, AND MEANING
• The Libretto and the Score
• 6. Vincent Giroud: Oft-Told Tales
• 7. Marina Frolova-Walker: The Problem of National Style
• 8. Damien Colas: Musical Dramaturgy
• 9. Andreas Giger: Versification
• 10. John Warrack: The German Libretto of the Early Nineteenth Century
• 11. William Drabkin: Analyzing Opera
• Humanism, Verisimilitude, and Voice
• 12. Wendy Heller: Opera between the Ancients and the Moderns
• 13. Thomas Betzwieser: Verisimilitude
• 14. Michal Grover-Friedlander: Voice
• 15. Julian Rushton: Characterization
• 16. Lawrence Kramer: Meaning
• PART III: PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION
• 17. Hilary Poriss: Divas and Divos
• 18. Martha Feldman: Castrato Acts
• 19. Mark Everist: Rehearsal Practices
• 20. Simon Williams: Acting
• 21. Ryan Minor: The Chorus
• 22. Alessandro Di Profio: The Orchestra
• 23. Linda Tomko: Dance
• 24. Katherine Syer: Production Aesthetics and Materials
• 25. Veronica Isaac: Costumes
• 26. Ulrich Mueller: Regietheater/ Director's Theater
• 27. Mary Hunter: Historically Informed Performance
• PART IV: OPERA AND SOCIETY
• 28. Marianne Betz: Opera Composition and Cultural Environment
• 29. Valeria De Lucca: Patronage
• 30. Georgia Cowart: Audiences
• 31. Daniela Macchione: Autographs, Memorabilia, and the Aesthetics of Collecting
• 32. Marc Weiner: Politics
• 33. Jesse Rosenberg: Religion
• 34. John Graziano: Race
• 35. Alexandra Wilson: Gender
• 36. W. Anthony Sheppard: Exoticism
• 37. Francesco Izzo: Censorship
• PART V: TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION
• 38. Louise Stein: How Opera Traveled
• 39. James Parakilas: The Operatic Canon
• 40. Paul Watt: Critics
• 41. Thomas Christensen: Soundings Offstage
• 42. Marcia J. Citron: Visual Media
• 43. Helen M. Greenwald: Operatic Images
• 44. Linda Fairtile: Sources
• 45. Charles Brauner: Reconstructions
• 46. Patricia Brauner: Editing Opera
• 47. Philip Gossett: Writing the History of Opera
• PART VI: OPERA ON THE EDGE
• 48. Joy H. Calico: 1900-1945
• 49. Robert Fink: After the Canon
• EPILOGUE
• 50. Jake Heggie: Composing Opera Today
• Index of Musical Works
• General Index