Project Gutenberg 2003-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 98 Krehbiel, Henry Edward 1854 1923 Krehbiel, H. E. (Henry Edward) A Second Book of Operas Biblical operas -- Bible stories in opera and oratorio -- Rubinstein and his "Geistlich oper" -- "Samson et Dalila" -- "Die königin von Saba" -- "Hérodiade" -- "Lakmé" -- "Pagliacci" -- "Cavalleria rusticana" -- The career of Mascagni -- "Iris" -- "Madama Butterfly" -- "Der rosenkavalier" -- "Königskinder" -- "Boris Godounoff" -- "Madame Sans-Gêne" and other operas by Giordano -- Two operas by Wolf-Ferrari. Produced by Charles Franks, Robert Rowe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "A Second Book of Operas" by Henry Edward Krehbiel is a literary examination of operas, particularly those that draw upon Biblical stories, written during the late 19th century. The work discusses various operas and oratorios, scrutinizing their thematic connections to Biblical narratives as well as the creative processes of their composers, including the manipulations and adaptations that occur when transferring stories from text to stage. The opening of the book sets the stage for Krehbiel’s exploration of Biblical operas, beginning with a discussion on the challenges posed by censorship and audience expectations. He reflects on notable works like Gounod's "Reine de Saba," and how titles and content sometimes shift away from their scriptural origins to appease cultural sensitivities. Krehbiel introduces the complex relationship between music and narrative in operas such as Handel's "Mose in Egitto" and Saint-Saens's "Samson et Dalila," highlighting both the artistic merit as well as the potential pitfalls concerning faithfulness to the original Biblical texts. The opening portion demonstrates Krehbiel’s understanding of the interplay between dramatic representation and musical composition and sets the stage for a deeper analysis of individual operas throughout the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Operas -- Stories, plots, etc. MT Text Opera Browsing: Music Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 379382 374250 2024-10-02T09:55:01.665210 2023-10-02T08:47:49.071576 text/html text/html 369274 2021-01-08T23:42:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 143900 2021-01-08T23:42:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 228083 2024-10-02T09:55:09.361667 application/epub+zip 233575 2024-10-02T09:55:04.816194 application/epub+zip 214305 2024-10-02T09:55:03.499151 application/epub+zip 383884 2024-10-02T09:55:12.912610 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372280 2024-10-02T09:55:08.617624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335494 2022-09-02T11:41:49.712521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356758 356654 2024-10-02T09:55:01.123186 2023-10-02T08:47:48.672605 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 356604 2021-01-08T23:42:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141869 2021-01-08T23:42:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20133 2024-10-02T09:55:13.044610 application/rdf+xml 12105 2024-10-02T09:55:04.054168 image/jpeg 3266 2024-10-02T09:55:03.774281 image/jpeg 221201 2024-10-02T09:55:01.699191 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia