Search Results - "Libretto"

Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime' by Bell, Richard H.

“…Wagner’s first significant work on the Ring was his sketch of 4 October 18482 but with the purpose of composing just one heroic opera, Siegfried’s Death, and the first version of the libretto was composed 12-28 November 1848. Although the emphasis was on the hero Siegfried, Wotan has a role as a ‘respected god’: he is called upon to consecrate the drink of Siegfried and Gunther in Act I;3 oaths are made in his name;4 the vassals call upon him as ‘All-father! …”
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's use of the byliny (Russian oral epic narratives) in his opera Sadko by Reeve, Brian

“…Furthermore, many incidental details of libretto and staging are derived from these epics, and, too, lengthy vocal extracts declaimed in the style of a typical Russian peasant bard. …”
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Their Dreams and Ours: Britten, Film, and 'The Turn of the Screw' by Auker, Peter Leslie Roy

“…Archival research reveals clues to the composer’s adaptation process by using a specific scene from the opera and unpicking its progress from the source story to stage production, via the development of Myfanwy Piper’s libretto and Britten’s score. A key part of the thesis looks at the subsequent interpretation of the opera on screen, using a case-study approach based on neoformalism as an analysis method, and referring to nearly a hundred screen shots. …”
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