Opera from the Greek: Studies in the Poetics of Appropriation

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 1.1.2007 - 216 sivua
Michael Ewans explores how classical Greek tragedy and epic poetry have been appropriated in opera, through eight selected case studies. These range from Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, drawn from Homer's Odyssey, to Mark-Antony Turnage's Greek, based on Sophocles' Oedipus the King. Choices have been based on an understanding that the relationship between each of the operas and their Greek source texts raise significant issues, involving an examination of the process by which the librettist creates a new text for the opera, and the crucial insights into the nature of the drama that are bestowed by the composer's musical setting. Ewans examines the issues through a comparative analysis of significant divergences of plot, character and dramatic strategy between source text, libretto and opera.

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some implications
29
Elektra
44
Médée
69
Sophocles Electra
82
55
95
6
99
70
102
King Priam
115
Fate and Choice in King Priam
138
Time and Timelessness
145
8
153
Greek
184
Endnote
201
Bibliography
203
Hofmannsthals Elektra
207
Index
213

Tippetts new musical idiom
132

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Michael Ewans is Associate Professor of Music and Drama at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

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