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Orientalism and the Operatic World
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2015
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Western opera is a globalized and globalizing phenomenon and affords us a unique opportunity for exploring the concept of “orientalism,” the subject of literary scholar Edward Said’s modern classic on the topic. Nicholas Tarling’s Orientalism and the Operatic World places opera in the context of its steady globalization over the past two centuries. In this important survey, Tarling first considers how the Orient appears on the operatic stage in Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States before exploring individual operas according to the region of the “Orient” in which the work is set.
Throughout, Tarling offers key insights into such notable operas as George Frideric Handel’s Berenice, Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, Giacomo Puccini’s MadamaButterfly, Pietro Mascagni’s Iris, and others. Orientalism and the Operatic World argues that any close study of the history of Western opera, in the end, fails to support the notion propounded by Said that Westerners inevitably stereotyped, dehumanized, and ultimately sought only to dominate the East through art. Instead, Tarling argues that opera is a humanizing art, one that emphasizes what humanity has in common by epic depictions of passion through the vehicle of song.
Orientalism and the Operatic World is not merely for opera buffs or even first-time listeners. It should also interest historians of both the East and West, scholars of international relations, and cultural theorists.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-4543-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-4544-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
342
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Argument No access
Overture No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter One: Globalising and Glocalising Opera No access
Chapter Two: The Genre No access
Chapter Three: Orientalisms No access
Chapter Four: Bible-Based Operas No access
Chapter Five: Crusaders, Arabs, and Turks No access
Chapter Six: Egypt No access
Chapter Seven: India and Ceylon No access
Chapter Eight: China No access
Chapter Nine: Japan No access
Chapter Ten: Russia No access
Finale No access Pages 309 - 316
Index No access Pages 317 - 340
About the Author No access Pages 341 - 342
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