Research Catalog
Storytelling in opera and musical theater
- Title
- Storytelling in opera and musical theater / Nina Penner.
- Author
- Penner, Nina
- Publication
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
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Details
- Description
- xxvi, 281 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater is the first systematic exploration of how sung forms of drama tell stories. Through examples from opera's origins to contemporary musicals, Nina Penner examines the roles of character-narrators and how they differ from those in literary and cinematic works, how music can orient spectators to characters' points of view, how being privy to characters' inner thoughts and feelings may evoke feelings of sympathy or empathy, and how performers' choices affect not only who is telling the story but what story is being told. Unique about Penner's approach is her engagement with current work in analytic philosophy. Her study reveals not only the resources this philosophical tradition can bring to musicology but those which musicology can bring to philosophy, challenging and refining accounts of narrative, point of view, and the work-performance relationship within both disciplines. She also considers practical problems singers and directors confront on a daily basis, such as what to do about Wagner's Jewish caricatures and the racism of Orientalist operas. More generally, Penner reflects on how centuries-old works remain meaningful to contemporary audiences and have the power to attract new, more diverse audiences to opera and musical theater. By exploring how practitioners past and present have addressed these issues, she offers suggestions for how opera and musical theater can continue to entertain and enrich the lives of 21st century audiences"--
- Series Statement
- Musical meaning and interpretation
- Uniform Title
- Musical meaning and interpretation.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-272) and index.
- Contents
- Overture -- What Is a Narrative? -- Telling, Operatically -- Character-Narrators -- Orchestral Narration and Authorial Commentary -- Character-Focused Narration -- Works and Performances -- Performances of Works -- Performances as Works -- Finale.
- Call Number
- JME 20-202
- ISBN
- 9780253049971
- 0253049970
- 9780253049964
- 0253049962
- 9780253049988 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020010918
- OCLC
- 1129099380
- Author
- Penner, Nina, author.
- Title
- Storytelling in opera and musical theater / Nina Penner.
- Publisher
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Musical meaning and interpretationMusical meaning and interpretation.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-272) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Penner, Nina, Storytelling in opera and musical theater Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2020. 9780253049988 (DLC) 2020010919
- Research Call Number
- JME 20-202