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Looks at American opera productions, theaters, personalities, and companies, discusses the influence of Black theater, operetta, and Broadway musicals, and describes opera's place in American culture
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A dozen years in the making, Dizikes' work, which won the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, is a milestone achievement. He begins his chronicle in the early 19th century, tracing the expansion of opera in the United States while exploring its influences at the hands of politics, war and immigration. The staging of "The Bohemian Girl" in 1844, writes Dizikes, marked the birth of modern opera in the U.S. He fills out his research with rich detail about the singers, conductors, composers, patrons and fans who collectively have shepherded opera into every corner of the country--from large urban centers to rural backwaters.
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This lively and critically acclaimed book-the first comprehensive cultural and social history of musical theater in the United States - is a handsomely illustrated account of productions, personalities audiences, and theaters throughout the country from colonial times to the present day.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Illustrated throughout with b-w photographs & line-drawings (illustrator). 1st Edition. RICH: FASCINATING: ENGAGING: IMPORTANT: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1993) First Printing: 1993 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD for CRITICISM: BEAUTIFULLY-illustretd mylar-protected color jacket w/ sharp new edges & corners, SUPERB ocher-gold linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW perfect binding w/ brown-white-checked silk-finish cloth bands at spine-caps, ELEGANT imperial-purple card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed & generously illustrated on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 7.18" x 10.25" x 1.75", 1.44 kg, xii+612 (624) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: America has had a love affair with opera in all its forms since it was first performed here in colonial times. This book--the first comprehensive cultural & social history of musical theater in the United States--includes vignettes of productions, personalities, audiences, & theaters throughout the country from 1735 to the present day. John Dizikes tells how opera, steeped in European aristocratic tradition, was transplanted into the democratic cultural environment of America. W/ a wealth of colorful detail, he describes how operas were performed & received in small towns & big cities, & he brings to life little-known people involved w/opera as well as famous ones such as Oscar Hammerstein, Jenny Lind, Gustav Mahler, Enrico Caruso, Milton Cross, Maria Callas, & Leonard Bernstein. He tell us about the often-overlooked African-American contribution to operatic history, from 19th-century minstrel shows to the work of Scott Joplin & Marian Anderson, & he discusses operetta & Broadway musicals, recognized throughout the world as one of the triumphs of American 20th-century art. Dizikes considers the increasingly diverse operatic audiences of the 20th-century, shaped by records, radio, & television, & he describes the places where opera now flourishes--not only New York, Chicago, & LosAngeles, but also St. Louis, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Sante Fe, Seattle, & elsewhere. Generously illustrated & engagingly written, the book is a fitting tribute to its subject--as grand & entertaining as opera itself. * HIGH PRAISE: "A rich lode of cultural material & a horde of wonderful stories, woven into a highly readable chronicle. The book maps out a fresh profile for a genre sometimes misunderstood as quintessentially elitist." -Richard Crawford, University of Michigan. "Every opera lover will rejoice in John Dizikes's rich & fascinating account of the role opera has played in the life of the republic." -Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Dizikes is a fellow of Cowles College, University ofClaifornia at Santa Cruz, & teaches in the American studies program. He is the author of "Britain, Roosevelt, & the New Deal", a study of public opinion between 1932 & 1938, & of "Sportsmen & Gamesmen", abut American sporting culture in the 19th-centruy. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional fee & via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international shipments at our posted rates. Seller Inventory # 009863
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