Title:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Fidelio / Paul Robinson.
Author:
Robinson, Paul A., 1940-
Publication Information:
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Call Number:
ML410.B4 R46 1996
Abstract:
Fidelio is Beethoven's only complete opera and one of the most admired, and problematic, in the repertoire. This Opera Handbook explores the musical and dramatic elements within the work as well as the debt to the traditions of French opera in the late eighteenth century and the French Revolution. Winton Dean offers a comparison of the opera's first (1805) and final (1814) versions. Essays by Michael Tusa and Joseph Kerman consider its musical idiom and the challenges Beethoven faced as an instrumental composer trying his hand at opera. A final chapter examines the opera's performance history, and the volume also includes a synopsis, bibliography, and informative illustrations.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam024/95046935.htmlPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam027/95046935.html
ISBN:
9780521452212
9780521458528
Series:
Cambridge opera handbooks
Cambridge opera handbooks.
Physical Description:
xi, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Synopsis -- 3. Beethoven and opera / Winton Dean -- 4. The French theatrical origins of Fidelio / David Charlton -- 5. Fidelio and the French Revolution -- 6. Music as drama: structure, style, and process in Fidelio / Michael C. Tusa -- 7. Augenblicke in Fidelio / Joseph Kerman -- 8. An interpretive history.
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