{"product_id":"operatic-afterlives-hardcover","title":"Operatic Afterlives - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichal Grover-Friedlander\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOperatic Afterlives\u003c\/i\u003e, Michal Grover-Friedlander examines the implications of opera's founding myth -- the story of Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus's attempt to revive the dead Eurydice with the power of singing. Traditionally, opera kills its protagonists that best embody its ideal of the singing voice, but Grover-Friedlander argues that opera at times also represents the ways that the voice, singing, or song acquire their own forms of aliveness and indestructibility. \u003ci\u003eOperatic Afterlives\u003c\/i\u003e shows the ultimate power that opera grants to singing: the reversal of death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrover-Friedlander examines instances in which opera portrays an existence beyond death, a revival of the dead, or a simultaneous presence of life and death. These portrayals -- from Puccini's \u003ci\u003eGianni Schicchi\u003c\/i\u003e to Rocca's \u003ci\u003eIl dibuk\u003c\/i\u003e, from Seter's \u003ci\u003eTikkun Hatsot\u003c\/i\u003e to Ching's \u003ci\u003eBuoso's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e, from Zeffirelli's \u003ci\u003eCallas Forever\u003c\/i\u003e to Disney's \u003ci\u003eThe Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met\u003c\/i\u003e -- are made possible, she argues, by the unique treatment of voice in the works in question: the occurrence of a breach in which singing itself takes on an afterlife in the face of the character's death. This may arise from the multiplication of singing voices inhabiting the same body, from disembodied singing, from the merging of singing voices, from the disconnection of voice and character. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe instances developed in the book take on added significance as they describe a reconfiguration of operatic singing itself. Singing reigns over text, musical language, and dramatic characterization. The notion of the afterlife of singing reveals the singularity of the voice in opera, and how much it differs categorically from any other elaboration of the voice. Grover-Friedlander's examples reflect on the meanings of the operatic voice as well as on our sense of its resonating, unending, and haunting presence.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichal Grover-Friedlander is Professor of Musicology at TelAviv University and the author of Vocal Apparitions: TheAttraction of Cinema to Opera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47469268599033,"sku":"9781935408062","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dHNYdWx1VDdsdGs5QVZGdnlyQzhkQT09.webp?v=1772481858","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/operatic-afterlives-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}