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This is the first book for a century to explore the development of French opera with spoken dialogue from its beginnings. David Charlton considers the comedic and musical nature of eighteenth-century popular French opera, exploring topics including performance practices, singers, audience experiences and theatre staging.

Popular opera deserves a history, if only to reveal the origins of today's flourishing musical theatre. Operas with spoken dialogue originated in Paris as well as London, some years before The Beggar's Opera. In both countries a tradition of social critique was inscribed from the first. The vaudeville tradition has changed, but its roots are not actually remote: Marie-Justine Favart, the legendary singer, writer and actress discussed in Chapte...

One man's descent into another's madness. A detective and a serial killer stalk each other in 1949 New York City.1949. A depraved serial killer stalks the streets in his yellow taxi, dumping the ravaged bodies of random women in the back alleys of New York City. Homicide Detective Drake Harper is condemned to pick up the pieces, but as the body count rises, Drake's personal life spirals out of control and no amount of booze can silence the voi...

A wide-ranging account of opera on stage and in society in the age of Rousseau, from Rameau to Gluck.

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After becoming a lawyer in the big city, Thorny Wallace returns to her hometown for the peace and quiet. WWII is distant thunder in the small rural town, but Los Angeles is always a clear and present threat. As she begins to look into an old death, she finds that there is always more going on in the small quiet town. When she thinks she has the players figured out¿the FBI shows up. She thought her task was finding out if a former judge committ...

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A wide-ranging account of opera on stage and in society in the age of Rousseau, from Rameau to Gluck.

Der Ratgeber für SpielleiterTechniken, Tipps und Ratschläge für SpielleiterWie groß sollte eine Spielergruppe sein? Wodurch wird Rollenspielleitung noch aufregender und spannender? Wird das Spiel erfolgreicher, wenn es auf politische Intrigen abzielt, oder sollte es beim einfachen Verlies-Erkunden bleiben? Wie retten sich die Charaktere haarscharf aus tödlicher Gefahr, ohne dass es vorhergeplant wirkt? Wodurch wird Spannung aufrechterhalten un...

This major study in English explores Gr try and op ra-comique between 1768 and 1791.

This collection of essays has been written by thirteen scholars, from five countries. It focuses on the musical activities of Hector Berlioz, viewed as a European phenomenon. The first part of the book discusses Berlioz's journeys to Breslau (1846), to Moscow and St Petersburg (1847 and 1867-68), and to London (especially in 1847 and 1853). In particular, the reception of Berlioz's music is placed under scrutiny. The second part of the book st...

A team of scholars and writers examines important Romantic operas and traces the origins and development of a style created during an increasingly technical age. The volume analyzes grand operas by Rossini, Auber, Meyerbeer and Halé vy and discusses grand opera in Russia and Germany, and the Czechoslovakian territories, Italy, Britain and the Americas. The volume includes an essay by the renowned opera director David Pountney.

Bringing together well-known writers with composers and performers, this volume gives a complete overview of Holt's creative work up to 2015.

Using 15 case studies, this book highlights the attempts being made by teachers and other professionals to meet the varied needs of pupils in mainstream and special schools. The emphasis is on providing practical examples which illustrate effective intervention strategies for use in particular situations. The case studies explore such diverse areas as disruptive behaviour, dyslexia, child abuse, deafness and epilepsy, as well as discussing the...