Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Opera Handbooks
ISBN-10
0521383285
ISBN-13
9780521383288
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 8th, 1993
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
338 grams
Product Classification:
Opera
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A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera, Billy Budd.
Billy Budd, based on Herman Melville''s nautical allegory, is one of Britten''s most challenging operas. This comprehensive guide considers the work from both literary and musical viewpoints. Melville''s novella is discussed, as is the interpretation given to the novella by the librettists E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier. A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera and in a chapter devoted to the music, Britten''s distinctive technique of tonal symbolism is analysed to demonstrate the effectiveness of his musical response to the dramatic suggestions of Melville''s story. The most important critical writings on Billy Budd are represented by an expanded version of Donald Mitchell''s 1979 notebook on the opera. A final chapter charts the opera''s stage history and fluctuating critical reception.
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