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Opera in the media age : essays on art, technology and popular culture
Title
Opera in the media age : essays on art, technology and popular culture / edited by Paul Fryer.
ISBN
9780786473298 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786473290 (softcover : alk. paper)
9781476616209 (ebook)
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.
Physical Description
viii, 255 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
"This collection of essays explores the relationship between opera and the development of media technology from the late 19th to the early 21st century. The contributing authors cover a variety of topics including audio, video and film recording, contemporary critical responses, popular and "high brow" culture, live and recorded performance, lighting and performance technology, media marketing and advertising"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 28, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The business of opera, advertising and the return to popular culture / Paul Fryer
Making culture popular : opera and the media industries / Sam O'Connell
Opera criticism : state of the art and beyond / Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe
Gods and heroes or monsters of the media? / Trevor Siemens
Opera and the audio recording industry / Robert Cannon
Opera singers as pop stars : opera within the popular music industry / Christopher Newell and George Newell
Cross-cuts and arias : the language of film and its impact on opera / Kevin Stephens
Opera on optical video disc, or the latest (and final?) avatar of the Gesamtkunstwerk / Pierre Bellemare
Wunderkammer : light as a scenographic and dramaturgical tool in opera / Hansjörg Schmidt
Opera, art and industrial production : lighting at the Royal Opera House, London / Nick Hunt
After the Twilight of the gods : opera experiments, new media and the opera of the future / Michael Earley.
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