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UK: Jardine Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to 0950927090 Dust jacket complete. Bright boards and titling. Photographic end papers. No ownership marks. Colour frontis plate. Numerous colour & b/w photographs / illustration. 230 pages clean and tight. Sumptuously illustrated with photographs of performances throughout the world and Andrew Dodds' specially commissioned drawings, The Notary in Opera is an account of the notary's role in some generally accessible eighteen operas. There is a full examination of the character of the notary and the part played by him in the story of the various operas in which he appears. The illustrations are aimed at showing how the notary is conceived in operas composed over a period of two hundred years and in productions in opera houses in three continents right up to the present date. Besides emphasizing the points made in the written account, the illustrations also have their own inherent historical and…
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- Title The Notary in Opera
- Author A.J. Burgess
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st edition
- Publisher Jardine Press, UK
- Date April 24, 1995
- ISBN 9780950927091
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Hadleigh / Suffolk: Jardine Press, 1995. Pen drawings by Andrew Dodds. The Notary in Opera is an account of the notary's role in some generally accessible eighteen operas. There is a full examination of the character of the notary and the part played by him in the story of the various operas in which he appears. The illustrations are aimed at showing how the notary is conceived in operas composed over a period of two hundred years and in productions in opera houses in three continents right up to the present date. Besides emphasizing the points made in the written account, the illustrations also have their own inherent historical and sociological interest. Contents: 1). Il Barbiere di Siviglia: corruption? 2). La Sonnambula: serenity. 3). L'elisir d'amore: marginalization. 4). La fille du regiment: a sad contract. 5). Rienzi: heroic actions. 6). Don Pasquale: an impostor. 7). Beatrice et Benedict: a twofold duty. 8). La Perichole: tipsiness. 9). Die Fledermaus: sweet revenge. 10).…
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