{"product_id":"divas-and-scholars-performing-italian-opera-9780226304823","title":"Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2007 Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society and the 2007 Deems Taylor Award from the American Society of Composers  Authors  and Publishers. Divas and Scholars is a dazzling and beguiling account of how opera comes to the stage  filled with Philip Gossetts personal experiences of triumphantand even failedperformances and suffused with his towering and tonic passion for music. Writing as a fan  a musician  and a scholar  Gossett  the worlds leading authority on the performance of Italian opera  brings colorfully to life the problems  and occasionally the scandals  that attend the production of some of our most favorite operas.  Gossett begins by tracing the social history of nineteenth-century Italian theaters in order to explain the nature of the musical scores from which performers have long worked. He then illuminates the often hidden but crucial negotiations opera scholars and opera conductors and performers: What does it mean to talk about performing from a critical edition? How does one determine what music to perform when multiple versions of an opera exist? What are the implications of omitting passages from an opera in a performance? In addition to vexing questions such as these  Gossett also tackles issues of ornamentation and transposition in vocal style  the matters of translation and adaptation  and even aspects of stage direction and set design.  Throughout this extensive and passionate work  Gossett enlivens his history with reports from his own experiences with major opera companies at venues ranging from the Metropolitan and Santa Fe operas to the Rossini Opera Festival at Pesaro. The result is a book that will enthrall both aficionados of Italian opera and newcomers seeking a reliable introduction to itin all its incomparable grandeur and timeless allure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647892414517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226304825","price":26.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226304823.jpg?v=1781699213","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/divas-and-scholars-performing-italian-opera-9780226304823","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}