Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Part I Operas by Viennese Composers, ca. 1910-1935: Expressive principle and orchestral polyphony in Schoenberg's Erwartung, Carl Dahlhaus; 'Die Frauenfrage' in Erwartung: Schoenberg's collaboration with Marie Pappenheim, Elizabeth L. Keathley; A Florentine Tragedy, or woman as mirror, Sherry D. Lee; Schoenberg as Moses and Aron, Joseph Auner; Berg's Propaganda pieces: the 'Platonic idea' of Lulu, Margaret Notley. Part II Operas from Other European Contexts: The Verbunkos and Bartók's modern style: the case of Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Judit Frigyesi; Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina and the impotence of early lateness, Stephen McClatchie; Ariadne, Daphne and the problem of Verwandlung, Bryan Gilliam; The concept of epic opera: theoretical anomalies in the Brecht-Weill partnership, Stephen Hinton; French identity in flux: the triumph of Honegger's Antigone, Jane F. Fulcher; Back to the future: Shostakovich's revision of Leskov's 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District', Caryl Emerson. Part III Operas by Britten and Birtwistle: 'Peter Grimes': the growth of the libretto, Philip Brett; 'Twisted relations': method and meaning in Britten's Billy Budd, Arnold Whittall; Why does Miles die? A study of Britten's The Turn of the Screw, Clifford Hindley; The shadow of opera: dramatic narrative and musical discourse in Gawain, David Beard. Part IV Operas Composed in the United States: Porgy and Bess: 'an American Wozzeck', Christopher Reynolds; Kurt Weill, modernism, and popular culture: Öffentlichkeit als Stil, Kim H. Kowalke; The best of all possible worlds: the Eldorado episode in Leonard Bernstein's Candide, Elizabeth B. Crist; The great American opera: Klinghoffer, Streetcar, and the exception, Lawrence Kramer; Instrumental dramaturgy as humane comedy: What Next? by Elliott Carter and Paul Griffiths, Anne C. Shreffler; Name Index.

About the Author

Margaret Notley, University of North Texas, Denton, USA Carl Dahlhaus, Elizabeth L. Keathley, Sherry D. Lee, Joseph Auner, Margaret Notley, Judit Frigyesi, Stephen McClatchie, Bryan Gilliam, Stephen Hinton, Jane F. Fulcher, Caryl Emerson, Philip Brett, Arnold Whittall, Clifford Hindley, David Beard, Christopher Reynolds, Kim H. Kowalke, Elizabeth B. Crist, Lawrence Kramer, Anne C. Shreffler.