(Dis)embodying myths in Ancien Régime opera

multidisciplinary perspectives

The role of mythology in Ancien Régime opera. Throughout the Ancien Régime, mythology played a vital role in opera, defining such epoch-making works as Claudio Monteverdi's La favola d'Orfeo (1607) and Christoph Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride (1779). The operatic presence of the Greco-Roman gods and heroes was anything but unambiguous or unproblematic, however. (Dis)embodying Myths in Ancien Régime Opera highlights myth's chameleonic life in the Italian dramma per musica and French tragédie en...

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Engels | 184 pagina's (PDF, 4,9 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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Miranda Aldhouse-Green The Celtic myths

a guide to the ancient gods and legends

Gids van de Keltische mythologie.

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Engels | 207 pagina's | Thames & Hudson, London | 2015

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Heinz Insu Fenkl | Bella Myǒng-Wǒl Dalton-Fenkl The Korean myths

a guide to the gods, heroes and legends

Engels | 240 pagina's | Thames & Hudson, London | 2024

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Philip Matyszak The Greek and Roman myths

a guide to the classical stories

Engels | 224 pagina's | Thames & Hudson, London | 2010

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Joshua Frydman The Japanese myths

a guide to gods, heroes and spirits

Engels | 224 pagina's | Thames & Hudson Ltd, London | 2022

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Francesca Stavrakopoulou God

an anatomy

Geschiedenis van het godsbegrip van de grote monotheïstische religies.

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Engels | 583 pagina's | Picador, London | 2022

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