TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kinney,Alison
TI  - Avidly Reads Opera
SN  - 9781479811809
AV  - ML3918.O64 K56 2021
U1  - 306.4/8428 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Opera
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Opera-Social aspects
KW  - Operas
KW  - Analysis, appreciation
KW  - MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - books for music lovers
KW  - cultural history
KW  - cultural studies
KW  - gift books
KW  - music history
KW  - opera fans
KW  - short nonfiction
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Act I: Hope --; Act II: “Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!” --; Act III: Losing Our Heads --; Intermission: The World’s Greatest Work of Opera Fan Art --; Act IV: Let No One Sleep --; Act V: Pilgrimage --; Epilogue: Transformation --; Acknowledgments --; Appendix: A Crowdsourced Tip Sheet for First- Time Operagoers Afraid of Getting Eaten Alive --; Sources --; About the Author; restricted access
N2  - “Opera is community, comfort, art, voice, breath, life. It’s hope.”All art exists to make life more bearable. For Alison Kinney, it was the wild, fantastical world of opera that transformed her listening and her life. Whether we’re listening for the first time or revisiting the arias that first stole our hearts, Avidly Reads Opera welcomes readers and listeners to a community full of friendship, passion, critique—and, always, beautiful music. In times of delirious, madcap fun and political turmoil, opera fans have expressed their passion by dispatching records into the cosmos, building fairy-tale castles, and singing together through the arduous work of social activism. Avidly Reads Opera is a love letter to the music and those who love it, complete with playlists, a crowdsourced tip sheet from ultra-fans to newbies, and stories of the turbulent, genre-busting, and often hilarious history of opera and its audiences.Across five acts—and the requisite intermission—Alison Kinney takes us everywhere opera’s rich melodies are heard, from the cozy bedrooms of listeners at home, to exclusive music festivals, to protests, and even prisons. Part of the Avidly Reads series, this slim book gives us a new way of looking at culture. With the singular blend of personal reflection and cultural criticism featured in the series, Avidly Reads Opera is an homage to the marvelous, sensational world of opera for the casual viewer
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479811809.001.0001
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479811809
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781479811809/original
ER  -