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The Standard Operas
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Operas Every Child Should Know
In "Operas Every Child Should Know," Mary Schell Hoke Bacon offers a captivating and accessible introduction to opera for younger audiences. This meticulously curated collection presents essential operatic works, highlighting their plots, characters, and musical compositions in a manner designed to engage a child's imagination. Bacon employs a narrative style that blends storytelling with informative details, making operas'—often seen as complex and intimidating'—approachable and enjoyable. The book serves as an invaluable resource in the context of children's literature, as it seeks to foster an appreciation for the arts from a young age while emphasizing the cultural and historical sig...
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Wagner's Operas and Desire
An analysis of the role of eroticism--including the incestuous variety. McGlathery (German and comparative literature, U. of Illinois-Urbana) brings a broader psychological approach than psychoanalytic theory to this typically auxiliary realm of Wagnerian criticism of the ten operas: those classified as the romantic operas (The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, and Lohengrin); The Ring of the Nibelung; and the later ones (Tristan and Isolde, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, and Parsifal). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
