Opera From the Greek: Studies in the Poetics of Appropriation

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Hardcover
2007
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Explores how classical Greek tragedy and epic poetry have been appropriated in opera, through eight selected case studies, ranging from Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria , drawn from Homer's Odyssey , to Mark-Antony Turnage's Greek , based on Sophocles' Oedipus the King .

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Explores how classical Greek tragedy and epic poetry have been appropriated in opera, through eight selected case studies, ranging from Monteverdi's "Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria", drawn from Homer's "Odyssey", to Mark-Antony Turnage's "Greek", based on Sophocles' "Oedipus the King".

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 226
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 28 Aug 2007
ISBN 10: 0754660990
ISBN 13: 9780754660996

Opera From the Greek: Studies in the Poetics of Appropriation

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$150.16

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$150.16

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