SKU: PR.UE035863
ISBN 9783702474263. UPC: 803452071372.
Universal Edition presents very special full scores of LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek works. These new Critical Edition scores are based upon the work of JanáÄek expert Jiřà Zahrádka. Jenufa was JanáÄek's third opera (1904), and his breakthrough work in that genre. Katya Kabanova, The Cunning Little Vixen, and The Makropulos Affair are three of his last four operas, composed between 1921 and 1926. JanáÄek joins Dvořák and Smetana among the best of the Czech composers. Each score measures a full 10 x 13 1/2, hardbound.
SKU: PR.UE030356
UPC: 680160528455.
SKU: HL.49041730
ISBN 9783254083845. German. Reinhard Heinrich.
This opera guide is addressed to children and young people, but also to their parents and relatives. It contains concise comprehensible information on all important aspects of the opera. This edition describes: - the contents and characters of individual operas,- the 400-year-old history of the opera,- the creation of an opera performance.- the opera house and the people working there. The operas were selected according to their suitability for young opera-goers, but also to their performance frequency. The list of the dramatis personae is followed by a vivid summary of the contents, as well as by additional notes on the music, the genesis and significance of the opera, and complemented by music examples written in simple keys so that they are easy to read and to play. Graphic show selected one or two selected scenes and introduce the reader to important characters of the story in typical costumes.
SKU: PR.UE030310
UPC: 680160528288.
