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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781479811809
035 _a(DE-B1597)585037
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082 0 4 _a306.4/8428
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aKinney, Alison
_eautore
245 1 0 _aAvidly Reads Opera /
_cAlison Kinney.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bNew York University Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2021
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAct I: Hope --
_tAct II: “Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!” --
_tAct III: Losing Our Heads --
_tIntermission: The World’s Greatest Work of Opera Fan Art --
_tAct IV: Let No One Sleep --
_tAct V: Pilgrimage --
_tEpilogue: Transformation --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tAppendix: A Crowdsourced Tip Sheet for First- Time Operagoers Afraid of Getting Eaten Alive --
_tSources --
_tAbout the Author
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
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520 _a“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.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)
650 0 _aOpera
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aOpera-Social aspects.
650 0 _aOperas
_xAnalysis, appreciation.
650 7 _aMUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera.
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653 _abooks for music lovers.
653 _acultural history.
653 _acultural studies.
653 _agift books.
653 _amusic history.
653 _aopera fans.
653 _ashort nonfiction.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479811809.001.0001
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479811809
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