Brecht at the Opera: Volume 9

by Joy H. Calico

Book Overview

From an award-winning author, the first thorough examination of the important influence of opera on Brecht's writings.

Brecht at the Opera looks at the German playwright's lifelong ambivalent engagement with opera. An ardent opera lover in his youth, Brecht later denounced the genre as decadent and irrelevant to modern society even as he continued to work on opera projects throughout his career. He completed three operas and attempted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520314263
• ISBN13: 9780520314269
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"