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Operas Set in Fictional, Mythological and Folkloric Settings: The Magic Flute, Die Walkure, Das Rheingold, Gotterdammerung, Siegfried, Iolanthe

Operas Set in Fictional, Mythological and Folkloric Settings: The Magic Flute, Die Walkure, Das Rheingold, Gotterdammerung, Siegfried, Iolanthe


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: The Magic Flute, Die Walkure, Das Rheingold, Gotterdammerung, Siegfried, Iolanthe, The Mask of Orpheus, Thespis, Princess Ida, The Gondoliers, The Grand Duke, Utopia, Limited, The Golden Cockerel, Die Feen, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Le dernier sorcier, 'u', Rusalka, Kashchey the Deathless, The Minotaur. Excerpt: Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old, is an operatic extravaganza that was the first collaboration between dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. No musical score of Thespis was ever published, and most of the music has been lost. Gilbert and Sullivan went on to become the most famous and successful artistic partnership in Victorian England, creating a string of comic opera hits, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, that continue to be popular. Thespis premiered in London at the Gaiety Theatre on 26 December 1871. Like many productions at that theatre, it was written in a broad, burlesque style, considerably different from Gilbert and Sullivan's later works. It was a modest success-for a Christmas entertainment of the time-and closed on 8 March 1872, after a run of 63 performances. It was advertised as "An entirely original Grotesque Opera in Two Acts." The story follows an acting troupe headed by Thespis, the legendary Greek father of the drama, who temporarily trade places with the gods on Mount Olympus, who have grown elderly and ignored. The actors turn out to be comically inept rulers. Having seen the ensuing mayhem down below, the angry gods return, sending the actors back to Earth as "eminent tragedians, whom no one ever goes to see." Gilbert would return to this theme twenty-five years later in his last opera with Sullivan, The Grand Duke, in which a theatre company temporarily replaces the ruler of a small country and decides to "revive the classic memories of At...



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781233147243
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 70
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 141 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1233147242
  • Publisher Date: 20 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The Magic Flute, Die Walkure, Das Rheingold, Gotterdammerung, Siegfried, Iolanthe
  • Width: 189 mm


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