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024	7		_a10.1163/9789004647664 _2DOI
035			_a(OCoLC)1416779478
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100	1		_aRosmarin, Leonard A., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWhen Literature Becomes Opera : _bStudy of a Transformational Process / _cLeonard Rosmarin.
246	3		_aStudy of a Transformational Process
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill, _c1999.
264		4	_c©1999
300			_a1 online resource (164 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aChiasma ; _v8
490	1		_aLiterature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_tPreliminary Material / _rLéonard Rosmarin -- Acknowledgements / _rLéonard Rosmarin -- Introduction / _rLéonard Rosmarin -- Part 1 Reinforcing the Centre of Gravity / _rLéonard Rosmarin -- Part 2 The Creation of Exemplary Figures / _rLéonard Rosmarin -- Conclusion / _rLéonard Rosmarin -- Selected Bibliography / _rLéonard Rosmarin.
520			_aPerhaps no other art form in the Western world has polarized opinion to the same extent as opera. While its devotees can be almost fanatical in their enthusiasm, its detractors will dismiss lyric theatre as an impossible hybrid. Literature and music undermine one another when brought together, they maintain. Their contempt for the genre is more often than not motivated by the supposedly mediocre quality of the librettos or scripts to which the works are set as well as the implausibility of characters singing instead of speaking their emotions. But what if these much maligned scripts provided composers with the raw material necessary to convert stereotypes into exemplary figures and place them in powerfully dramatic situations? What if the unreality of opera opened up gripping vistas onto the reality of human emotions? When Literature Becomes Opera strives to answer these questions by analyzing the artistic process through which literary texts are simplified then transformed into lyric dramas. Using as examples eight outstanding operas inspired by works of French writers ( Rigoletto, La traviata, Carmen, Thaïs, La Bohème, Tosca, Pelléas et Mélisande and Dialogues des Carmélites ), this study demonstrates that a libretto, like a film script, enters into a partnership with the art it serves: music. When the quality of the partnership is high, all of opera's liabilities that purists take pleasure in deriding become stunning assets.
546			_aEnglish
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aMusic _xPhilosophy and aesthetics.
650		0	_aOperas _xFilm adaptations _xHistory and criticism.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tWhen Literature Becomes Opera : Study of a Transformational Process. _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999. _z9789042006942 _w(OCoLC)41633860
830		0	_aChiasma ; _v8.
830		0	_aLiterature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004647664
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