John Gay's The Beggar's OperaHarold Bloom Chelsea House Publishers, 1988 - 143 Seiten |
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... Italian opera upside down , that his own opera is both a burlesque of the Italian form and a radically new kind of English opera , indeed the first comic opera , since before Gay most operas were devoid of levity and none sported such a ...
... Italian opera upside down , that his own opera is both a burlesque of the Italian form and a radically new kind of English opera , indeed the first comic opera , since before Gay most operas were devoid of levity and none sported such a ...
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... Italian opera in London , Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni , provided a considerable amount of offstage en- tertainment , especially as on one occasion it erupted on stage into mutual punching , scratching and hair - pulling . The ...
... Italian opera in London , Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni , provided a considerable amount of offstage en- tertainment , especially as on one occasion it erupted on stage into mutual punching , scratching and hair - pulling . The ...
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... Italian opera with the creation of a rival form , a comic and distinctly English form of opera that quickly became known as ballad opera . This dual purpose explains the considerable difference between The Beggar's Opera and the few ...
... Italian opera with the creation of a rival form , a comic and distinctly English form of opera that quickly became known as ballad opera . This dual purpose explains the considerable difference between The Beggar's Opera and the few ...
Inhalt
Mockpastoral as the Cult | 5 |
Mercenary Fathers Possessive Daughters | 37 |
The Beggars Triumph | 43 |
Urheberrecht | |
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