The crafty art of opera : for those who make it, love it or hate it /: for those who make it, love it or hate it. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Opernschule.
• Further Information: Note: Michael Hampe ; translated by Chris Walton.
• Authors: Hampe, Michael, 1935-
• Other Names: Walton, Chris 1963- translator.
• Contents: What is opera? -- The heart -- The seven 'W's -- Sense and sensuality -- Bodies in space -- Movement -- Le physique du rôle -- Discomfort and inconvenience -- Bank robbers -- Pretend theatre -- The 'trizophrenic' upbeat -- The complete music-actor -- Mozart -- Recitative -- Being comic -- 'Too many notes & ' -- Dramaturgy -- Breaking the rules -- The harmony of the spheres -- In place of an epilogue : My teachers -- Appendix 1. All the 'useful rules' in overview, for those who make opera -- Appendix 2. A masterclass in opera, for those who love it or hate it.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 186 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 792.5; Opera; Opera -- Production and direction; MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera; Opera; Opera -- Production and direction; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782047001
• Related ISBNs: 178204700X; 9781783270972; 1783270977
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.