Opera After Optimism: The Fate of Zeitoper at the End of the Weimar Republic

Zeitoper – those jazz-infused operas of Weimar Republic Germany, where cars and trains drive across the stage while characters listen to radio, talk on phones, and sing arias in bathtubs about the joys of hot running water – is generally considered a short-lived and inconsequential genre of opera. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gabriel, John
Other Authors: Shreffler, Anne C.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Harvard University 2017
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Online Access:http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33493362