This article considers adaptations of existing works in contemporary opera. The author considers the role of the libretto in operatic productions, notes the number of film sources for modern operas, and applies adaptation theories from television and film studies to operas such as Owen Wingrave. He considers critical responses to collaborations between composer Harrison Birtwistle and writer David Harsent, discusses Robin Holloway’sadaptation of Richardson’s Clarissa, and focuses on the reworking of The Tempest by composer Thomas Adès and librettist Meredith Oakes
How an operatic work is produced on the stage provides a crucial element in our understanding and as...
The study of adaptation, the practice of creating and producing literature, performance, music, and ...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityThe dissertation examines adaptations of Shakespearean plays in the...
This paper examines the process of adapting a drama script into an opera using an adapted work of a ...
I assert that we learn Shakespeare better when we study him against the adaptation. Some of the adap...
Short article on contemporary British opera commissioned by BASCA (British Academy of Songwriters, C...
The processes that underlie the creation of operatic adaptations are similar to those of film adapta...
In early 2016 students at the University of Worcester were set the task of creating an adaptation of...
This article looks at two recent and widely recognized productions of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aenea...
This essay examines the many methods involved in adapting a literary text into an opera libretto and...
In this article, Aubrey S. Garlington, Jr. explains the historical tension between the composer of t...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1994.The process of metaphrasis denotes the translation ...
International audienceThis article discusses Michael Berkeley’s opera Jane Eyre. Premiered on June 3...
Of course, many scholars working on opera and music theatre well understand the nature and origins o...
This thesis focuses on the adaptation of well-known plays by Shakespeare in the late twentieth and e...
How an operatic work is produced on the stage provides a crucial element in our understanding and as...
The study of adaptation, the practice of creating and producing literature, performance, music, and ...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityThe dissertation examines adaptations of Shakespearean plays in the...
This paper examines the process of adapting a drama script into an opera using an adapted work of a ...
I assert that we learn Shakespeare better when we study him against the adaptation. Some of the adap...
Short article on contemporary British opera commissioned by BASCA (British Academy of Songwriters, C...
The processes that underlie the creation of operatic adaptations are similar to those of film adapta...
In early 2016 students at the University of Worcester were set the task of creating an adaptation of...
This article looks at two recent and widely recognized productions of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aenea...
This essay examines the many methods involved in adapting a literary text into an opera libretto and...
In this article, Aubrey S. Garlington, Jr. explains the historical tension between the composer of t...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1994.The process of metaphrasis denotes the translation ...
International audienceThis article discusses Michael Berkeley’s opera Jane Eyre. Premiered on June 3...
Of course, many scholars working on opera and music theatre well understand the nature and origins o...
This thesis focuses on the adaptation of well-known plays by Shakespeare in the late twentieth and e...
How an operatic work is produced on the stage provides a crucial element in our understanding and as...
The study of adaptation, the practice of creating and producing literature, performance, music, and ...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityThe dissertation examines adaptations of Shakespearean plays in the...