Beschreibung:
Demonstrates how Purcell, Berlioz, Verdi, and Britten, responding to Shakespeare's juxtaposition of contrasting theatrical styles, devised music dramas that call opera into question.
The Veronese Social CodeThe Code of LoveLove against LanguageThe Afterlife of Romeo and JulietLa lance branlée: French Opinions of ShakespeareBerlioz in the PluralRoméo et Juliette: IntroductionRoméo et Juliette: The SymphonyRoméo et Juliette: The Opera ResumesShakespeare's RandomMagic as TheftProphesyingSquinting at ConsequencesMacbeth's ChildrenMacbeth as an ActorTwo TheatresWitches AmokSortileges of SpeechLady Macbeth as WitchTime SlipsLa SonnambulaCosmicomedyThe Picture of CupidDepictorializing CupidCupid's WaxThe Tedious Brief SceneOther Dreams in Other Summers: The Aesthetic of the MasquePurcell's The Fairy QueenLampe's Pyramus and ThisbeExperimenters: Mendelssohn and KorngoldBritten's A Midsummer Night's Dream