{"product_id":"don-giovanni-captured-performance-media-myth-hardcover","title":"Don Giovanni Captured: Performance, Media, Myth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Will\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Don Giovanni\" Captured\u003c\/i\u003e considers the life of a single opera, engaging with the entire history of its recorded performance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mozart's opera \u003ci\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e has long inspired myths about eros and masculinity. Over time, its performance history has revealed a growing trend toward critique--an increasing effort on the part of performers and directors to highlight the violence and predatoriness of the libertine central character, alongside the suffering and resilience of his female victims. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003e\"Don Giovanni\" Captured\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Will sets out to analyze more than a century's worth of recorded performances of the opera, tracing the ways it has changed from one performance to another and from one generation to the next. Will consults audio recordings, starting with wax cylinders and 78s, as well as video recordings, including DVDs, films, and streaming videos. As Will argues, recordings and other media shape our experience of opera as much as live performance does. Seen as a historical record, opera recordings are also a potent reminder of the refusal of works such as \u003ci\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e to sit still. By choosing a work with such a rich and complex tradition of interpretation, Will helps us see \u003ci\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e as a standard-bearer for evolving ideas about desire and power, both on and off the stage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Will\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of music at the University of Virginia. His publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEngaging Haydn: Culture, Context, and Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.06 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728386953279,"sku":"9780226815411","price":87.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4f5a220041455825b4ed7bb4ba5f9c93.webp?v=1765118310","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/don-giovanni-captured-performance-media-myth-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}