The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera

Contents

• A chronology of twentieth-century opera Nigel Simeone;
• Part I . Legacies:
• 1. Opera in transition Arnold Whittall;
• 2. Wagner and beyond John Deathridge;
• 3. Puccini and the Italian tradition Virgilio Bernardoni;
• Part II . Trends:
• 4. Words and actions Caroline Harvey;
• 5. Symbolist opera: trials, triumphs, tributaries Philip Weller;
• 6. Expression and construction: the stage works of Schoenberg and Berg Alan Street;
• 7. Neo-classical opera Christopher Walton;
• Part III . Topographies:
• 8. France and the Mediterranean Nigel Simeone;
• 9. Austria and Germany, 1918--1960 Guido Heldt;
• 10. Eastern Europe Rachel Beckles Willson;
• 11. Russian opera: between modernism and romanticism Marina Frolova-Walker;
• 12. American opera: innovation and tradition Elise K. Kirk;
• 13. Opera in England: taking the plunge Christopher Mark;
• Part IV . Directions:
• 14. Music theatre since the 1960s Robert Adlington;
• 15. Minimalist opera Arved Ashby;
• 16. Opera and film Mervyn Cooke;
• 17. Popular musical theatre (and film) Stephen Banfield;
• 18. Opera in the marketplace Nicholas Payne;
• 19. Technology and interpretation: aspects of 'modernism' Tom Sutcliffe.