The Angel's Cry: Beyond the Pleasure Principle in Opera by Michel Poizat
The Angel's Cry: Beyond the Pleasure Principle in Opera

Michel Poizat

The Angel's Cry: Beyond the Pleasure Principle in Opera

Michel Poizat with Arthur Denner (Translator)

240 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction music reflective medium-paced
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Poizat sees the history of opera in terms of the evolution of the voice from song to cry, from verbal expressions of emotion to such wordless outbursts as Lulu's final scream at the end of Alban Berg's opera. Calling on the insights and methods of...

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