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Curtain, gong, steam :

0520966554

9780520966550

9780520279681

Curtain, gong, steam :

[Book]

Wagnerian technologies of nineteenth-century opera /

Gundula Kreuzer.

Oakland, California :

University of California Press,

[2018]

1 online resource (xix, 348 pages) :

illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : opera, staging, technology -- Wagner's Venusberg -- Curtain -- Gong -- Steam -- Epilogue : Wagnerian failure -- Notes.

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"In this innovative book, Gundula Kreuzer argues for the foundational role of technologies in the conception, production, and study of nineteenth-century opera. She shows how composers increasingly incorporated novel audiovisual effects in their works and how the uses and meanings of the required machineries consistently changed, sometimes still resonating in contemporary stagings, performance art, and popular culture. Focusing on devices (which she dubs 'Wagnerian technologies') intended to amalgamate opera's various media while veiling their mechanics, Kreuzer offers a practical counternarrative to Wagner's idealist theories of total illusionism. Curtain, Gong, Steam's multifaceted exploration of the three titular technologies repositions Wagner as catalyst more than inventor in the history of operatic production. With its broad chronological and geographical scope, the book deepens our understanding of the material and mechanical conditions of historical operatic practice as well as of individual works, both well known and obscure"--Provided by publisher.

JSTOR

22573/ctv4qrxs

Curtain, gong, steam.

9780520279681

Wagner, Richard,1813-1883-- Aesthetics.

Wagner, Richard,1813-1883.

Opera and technology-- History-- 19th century.

Opera-- Production and direction-- History-- 19th century.

Opera-- Stage-setting and scenery-- History-- 19th century.

Aesthetics.

MUSIC-- Genres & Styles-- Opera.

Opera and technology.

Opera-- Production and direction.

Opera-- Stage-setting and scenery.

PERFORMING ARTS-- Theater-- General.

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PER-- 011000

Kreuzer, Gundula Katharina,1975-

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