Opera: The Autobiography of the Western World Illustrated Edition Banks Simon
Opera: The Autobiography of the Western World Illustrated Edition Banks Simon Since the first performance of the first opera in 1600, operas have been telling stories from myth and history. Over 260…
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Opera: The Autobiography of the Western World Illustrated Edition Banks Simon
Since the first performance of the first opera in 1600, operas have been telling stories from myth and history. Over 260 paintings and photographs, most in colour, accompany the narrative.Why were particular myths and historical events important at particular times? This book - beginning with the Creation and ending in the present day - is a chronology of myth and history as told in opera.
In seeking answers to these questions, this book charts how the modern West migrated from autocracy towards liberal democracy, from theocratic absolutism towards tolerant pluralism, from sexism towards gender equality. Why were the same myths and historical events told in radically different ways? It traces growing scepticism about religiously inspired warfare and colonial empire building.Unlike anything previously published, this is a book for lovers of
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