A Mad Love
An Introduction to Opera
Vivien Schweitzer
- A
- lively
- introduction
- to
- opera,
- from
- the
- Renaissance
- to
- the
- twenty-first
- centuryThere
- are
- few
- art
- forms
- as
- visceral
- and
- emotional
- as
- opera
- --
- and
- few
- that
- are
- as
- daunting
- for
- newcomers.
- A
- Mad
- Love
- offers
- a
- spirited
- and
- indispensable
- tour
- of
- opera's
- eclectic
- past
- and
- present,
- beginning
- with
- Monteverdi's
- L'Orfeo
- in
- 1607,
- generally
- considered
- the
- first
- successful
- opera,
- through
- classics
- like
- Carmen
- and
- La
- Boheme,
- and
- spanning
- to
- Brokeback
- Mountain
- and
- The
- Death
- of
- Klinghoffer
- in
- recent
- years.
- Musician
- and
- critic
- Vivien
- Schweitzer
- acquaints
- readers
- with
- the
- genre's
- most
- important
- composers
- and
- some
- of
- its
- most
- influential
- performers,
- recounts
- its
- long-standing
- debates,
- and
- explains
- its
- essential
- terminology.Today,
- opera
- is
- everywhere,
- from
- the
- historic
- houses
- of
- major
- opera
- companies
- to
- movie
- theaters
- and
- public
- parks
- to
- offbeat
- performance
- spaces
- and
- our
- earbuds.
- A
- Mad
- Love
- is
- an
- essential
- book
- for
- anyone
- who
- wants
- to
- appreciate
- this
- living,
- evolving
- art
- form
- in
- all
- its richness.
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