Curtain, Gong, Steam - Wagnerian Technologies of Nineteenth-Century Opera Kreuzer Gundula Pevná vazba
Curtain, Gong, Steam - Wagnerian Technologies of Nineteenth-Century Opera Kreuzer Gundula Pevná vazba In this innovative book, Gundula Kreuzer argues for the foundational role of technologies in the…
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Curtain, Gong, Steam - Wagnerian Technologies of Nineteenth-Century Opera Kreuzer Gundula Pevná vazba
In this innovative book, Gundula Kreuzer argues for the foundational role of technologies in the conception, production, and study of nineteenth-century opera. Focusing on devices (which she dubs "Wagnerian technologies") intended to amalgamate opera's various media while veiling their mechanics, Kreuzer offers a practical counternarrative to Wagner's idealist theories of total illusionism. She shows how composers increasingly incorporated novel audiovisual effects in their works and how the uses and meanings of the required apparatuses changed through the twentieth century, sometimes still resonating in stagings, performance art, and popular culture today.
With its broad chronological and At the same time, Curtain, Gong, Steam's multifaceted exploration of the three titular technologies repositions Wagner as catalyst more than inventor in the history of operatic production.