Opera and the Golden West: The Past, Present, and Future of Opera in the U.S.A.

Degaetani, John L.; Sirefman, Josef P. [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0838635199 / ISBN 13: 9780838635193

Published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Opera and the Golden West: The Past, Present, and Future of Opera in the U.S.A.
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838635199
• ISBN 13: 9780838635193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 23 ounces

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Synopsis

Opera and the Golden West is a celebration of opera's difficult past in America. It focuses in part on early repertory and how European operatic masterpieces became part of American culture. This book also calls attention to the efforts of American composers as they continually tried to make original contributions to a foreign musical form. Throughout this anthology the contributors use a variety of approaches and styles to analyze the many aspects of opera, and how the form fared in the U.S.
In addition to observing where opera has been in this country, this anthology also has an eye to the future. Opera presentation in the coming century may be very different from the current experience. Economics, always a critical factor, may well dictate a different scale of production. Changing tastes in directorial and production values and the expansion of television and video into the home are indicators that a new era has arrived.