What Opera Means: Categories and Case-Studies

by Christopher Wintle

A fresh, elegant and vital enquiry into the elusive character of opera, unfolded through categories and case-studies, with an emphasis on historical background, psychology and performance.

This book mounts a searching enquiry into the elusive character of opera. The author argues that any work of art can be grasped primarily through its constellation of Platonic ideas, or 'categories', several of which he explores in light of a new definition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 099319835X
• ISBN13: 9780993198359
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Plumbago Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"