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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
December 15, 2004
Pages
241
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226703893
ISBN-10
0226703894
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$43.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Set in the American West during the California Gold Rush, La fanciulla del West marked a significant departure from Giacomo Puccini's previous and best- known works. Puccini and the Girl is the first book to explore this important but often misunderstood opera that became the earliest work by a major European composer to receive an American premiere when it opened at New York's Metropolitan Opera House in 1910.
Adapted from American playwright David Belasco's Broadway production, The Girl of the Golden West, Fanciulla was Puccini's most consciously modern work, and its Met debut received mixed reviews. Annie J. Randall and Rosalind Gray Davis base their account of its creation on previously unknown letters from Puccini to his main librettist, Carlo Zangarini. They mine musical materials, newspaper accounts, and rare photographs and illustrations to tell the full story of this controversial opera. Puccini and the Girl considers the production and reception of Puccini's "cowboy" opera in the light of contemporary criticism, providing both fascinating insight into its history and a look to the future as its centenary approaches.
Adapted from American playwright David Belasco's Broadway production, The Girl of the Golden West, Fanciulla was Puccini's most consciously modern work, and its Met debut received mixed reviews. Annie J. Randall and Rosalind Gray Davis base their account of its creation on previously unknown letters from Puccini to his main librettist, Carlo Zangarini. They mine musical materials, newspaper accounts, and rare photographs and illustrations to tell the full story of this controversial opera. Puccini and the Girl considers the production and reception of Puccini's "cowboy" opera in the light of contemporary criticism, providing both fascinating insight into its history and a look to the future as its centenary approaches.
âEngrossing. . . . An eminently readable, ideally direct and information-packed book.ââWilliam Fregosi, Opera Today
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Univ of Chicago Pr (December 15, 2004)
9780226703893 | details & prices | 241 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $43.00
About: Set in the American West during the California Gold Rush, La fanciulla del West marked a significant departure from Giacomo Puccini's previous and best- known works.
About: Set in the American West during the California Gold Rush, La fanciulla del West marked a significant departure from Giacomo Puccini's previous and best- known works.
Paperback
from Univ of Chicago Pr (March 1, 2007)
9780226703909 | details & prices | 241 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $32.00
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