Bibliograph

Grand opera, the story of the Met, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron

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Grand opera, the story of the Met, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-425) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Grand opera

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

876431967

Responsibility statement

Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron

Sub title

the story of the Met

Table Of Contents

A matter of boxes, 1883-1884 : Bel canto -- Cultural capital, 1884-1903 : the German seasons and French opera -- Opera wars, 1903-1908 : Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company -- Modernity, 1908-1929 : Puccini -- Hard times, 1929-1940 : Wagner -- Strains of war, 1940-1950 : the conductor's opera -- Stage business, 1950-1966 : Verdi -- In transit, 1966-1975 : American opera -- Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990 : twentieth-century European opera and the Baroque -- Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006 : American opera (redux) and Slavic opera -- In the age of new media, 2006-2013

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