Everyday Arias: An Operatic Ethnography

by Paul Anthony Atkinson

Book Overview

Paul Atkinson explores the remarkable world of opera through his fieldwork with the internationally known Welsh National Opera company. In order to show us how cultural phenomena are produced and enacted, he takes us on stage and behind the scenes into the collective social action that goes into the realization of an opera. The author demonstrates how artistic interpretation is translated into the routine work of the rehearsal studio and the theatre,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075910140X
• ISBN13: 9780759101401
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"