Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Opera Guide 38

Eugene Onegin (Author); Nicholas John (Series Editor)

ISBN 10: 071454146X / ISBN 13: 9780714541464

Published by John Calder/Riverrun Press, London & New York, 1988

About this Item

96 pp. Number 38 only! Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Seller Inventory # 1iiAb0016

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Opera Guide 38
• Publisher: John Calder/Riverrun Press, London & New York
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071454146X
• ISBN 13: 9780714541464
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Publ in Great Britain & USA 1988/#38
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art, Performing Arts, Dancing, Ballet
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Music, Classical Music, Opera, Symphonies, etc.

About this title

Synopsis

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. This tender, lyrical and passionate story of unrequited love holds a special place in Russian hearts. Tatyana's Letter Scene and the Polonaise are two much-loved glories of the score; each Act is in fact tightly constructed around an antithesis of public and private scenes, and the dances are integral to the drama. The essence of both opera and poem is yearning, whether the artist's quest for his muse, or the lover for the beloved. Both poet and composer are true, in their quite different ways, to this theme. The essays included in this guide explore the subtle and unexpected relationship between the words and music in Tchaikovsky's intimate Lyrical Scenes after Pushkin.

About the Author

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era, who wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.