More Scott Operas
Further Analysis of Operas Based on the Works of Sir Walter Scott
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University Press of America
Published:19th Mar '96
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More Scott Operas examines some thirty operas based on the novels and poems of Sir Walter Scott that have come to light since publication of the author's widely reviewed earlier book, The Walter Scott Operas (1977), which discussed fifty Scott operas. There are chapters on an operatic setting of a Scott poem by a little known English composer who knew Wagner; on three operatic renditions of another poem, The Lord of the Isles; on Carl Loewe's opera Emmy, based on Kenilworth, and on an opera by a twentieth century Argentine composer based on the same novel; on a forgotten Italian Fair Maid of Perth opera that would rival Bizet's; and on two chamber operas by a composer-librettist who is alive and well and at home in Charleston, South Carolina. The book concludes with an intriguing account of Scott's night at the San Carlo Opera. Mitchell's approach is again that of a literary-historian than of a music critic or musicologist. He shows what happened to Scott's original poem or novel when it is changed into an opera and how that opera compares with others based on the same poem or novel. This approach leads to a fresh slant on Scott's characters and on the structure of his works, and it leads ultimately to our greater awareness and appreciation of Scott's art and of his impact on European culture.
Mitchell's treatment of the work is thorough and thought provoking....excellent scholarship...a very useful volume on Sir Walter Scott and opera. -- John Black, Musicologist * The Opera Journal *
A short review can only hin in a rather random way at the riches which these chapters contain. One of thr most attractive features of this study is its interest in composers and performers as characters. -- J.H ALEXANDER, STUDIES IN HOGG AND HIS WORLD * The Opera Journal *
Jerome Mitchell gives convincing reasons for Scott's works providing popular matter for operas...very lucidly written in a fluid style that shuns pretentious pomp and academic ponderousness. -- J.H ALEXANDER, STUDIES IN HOGG AND HIS WORLD * Scottish Literary Journal *
With "The Scott Operas", Jerome Mitchell wrote one of those books which is absolutely unique in its field, and has worn well. . . . The treatment is thorough and wide-ranging. . . Professor Mitchell's books make for a solid and enduring extension to our knowledge of Scott. -- Ian Campbell * University Of Edinburgh Journal *
Jerome Mitchell's style is lucid and engaging, detailed without being verbose or obscure. . . .I find Mitchell's book informative and enjoyable. * Studies In Scottish Literature *
It reveals perceptive analysis of Scott as a storyteller and a thorough, meticulous survey of an extraordinarily wide field of study, both of literature and music. Simply a "must" for anyone interested in the history of opera. -- John Black, Musicologist
Mitchell's treatment of the work is thorough and thought provoking....excellent scholarship...a very useful volume on Sir Walter Scott and opera. -- John Black, Musicologist * The Opera Journal *
A short review can only hin in a rather random way at the riches which these chapters contain. One of thr most attractive features of this study is its interest in composers and performers as characters. -- J.H ALEXANDER, STUDIES IN HOGG AND HIS WORLD * The Opera Journal *
Jerome Mitchell gives convincing reasons for Scott's works providing popular matter for operas...very lucidly written in a fluid style that shuns pretentious pomp and academic ponderousness. -- J.H ALEXANDER, STUDIES IN HOGG AND HIS WORLD * Scottish Literary Journal *
Jerome Mitchell's style is lucid and engaging, detailed without being verbose or obscure. . . .I find Mitchell's book informative and enjoyable. * Studies In Scottish Literature *
ISBN: 9780761802600
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
Weight: 454g
348 pages