K???t'a Kabanov??? is both the first Jan???cek opera to have been performed in Britain and the one which has received the most productions in Britain and the USA. In this book John Tyrrell brings together letters, early reviews and other documents (most of them translated from Czech for the first time) on the opera's composition and its early performances. A group of key interpretations of the opera ranges from one by the opera's German translator and Jan???cek's first biographer Max Brod to specially commissioned essays by ...
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K???t'a Kabanov??? is both the first Jan???cek opera to have been performed in Britain and the one which has received the most productions in Britain and the USA. In this book John Tyrrell brings together letters, early reviews and other documents (most of them translated from Czech for the first time) on the opera's composition and its early performances. A group of key interpretations of the opera ranges from one by the opera's German translator and Jan???cek's first biographer Max Brod to specially commissioned essays by Wilfrid Mellers and by David Pountney, producer of the highly successful Welsh National Opera/Scottish Opera Jan???cek cycle.
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Good. Minor crease to front top right-hand corner of book, light shelfwear to extremities, otherwise fine. Trade paperback (US). 252 p. Cambridge Opera Handbooks . Worked examples or Exercises. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 0521298539.
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Near fine in near fine jacket. Illustrated. 234 pages. Small 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1982). First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
