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portada Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
260
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781589881969
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Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry

Dana Gioia (Author) · Paul Dry Books · Paperback

Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry - Gioia, Dana

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Synopsis "Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry"

A unique book about opera--personal, impassioned, and provocative. Weep, Shudder, Die explores opera from the perspective by which the art was originally created, as the most intense form of poetic drama. The great operas have an essential connection to poetry, song, and the primal power of the human voice. The aim of opera is irrational enchantment, the unleashing of emotions and visionary imagination.Gioia rejects the conventional view of opera which assumes that great operas can be built on execrable texts. He insists that in opera, words matter. Operas begin as words; strong words inspire composers, weak words burden them. Ultimately, singers embody the words to give the music a human form for the audience.Weep, Shudder, Die is a poet's book about opera. To some, that statement will suggest writing that is airy, impressionistic, and unreliable, but a poet also brings a practical sense of how words animate opera, lend life to imaginary characters, and give human shape to music. Written from a lifelong devotion to the art, Gioia's book is for anyone who has wept in the dark of an opera house.

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