Remaking the Song: Operatic Visions and Revisions from Handel to Berio Volume 13

by Roger Parker

Opera performances are often radically inventive. Composers' revisions, singers' improvisations, and stage directors' re-imaginings continually challenge our visions of canonical works. But do they go far enough? This elegantly written, beautifully concise book, spanning almost the entire history of opera, reexamines attitudes toward some of our best-loved musical works. It looks at opera's history of multiple visions and revisions and asks a simple...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520244184
• ISBN13: 9780520244184
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"