The Drama of Opera: Exotic and Irrational Entertainment By Myer Fredman

Drama of Opera: Exotic and Irrational Entertainment\nby Myer Fredman\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Myer Fredman\nTitle: Drama of Opera: Exotic and Irrational Entertainment\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Opera\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press\nPublication year: 2003\nISBN-13: 9781903900505\nISBN-10: 1903900506\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis book is about the drama that takes place within the world of opera and provides an insight into how opera has evolved and functions. The Creators describes some of the ways that composers use the language of music, and liaise with their librettists. The Re-Creators explains the functions of conductors, producers, designers, repetiteurs, the chorus and orchestra, singers, the Fach system (by which voice types are categoris.