{"product_id":"viva-la-liberta-isbn-9780860916185","title":"Viva La Liberta!","description":"In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Anthony Arblaster shows that attempts by many music critics to disregard or disparage opera’s politics are at best delusory, at worst a political ploy. Writing with passionate enthusiasm, both for opera and for th ideals of freedom it has so often represented, he uncovers the political dimensions of a vast range of works, from \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Figaro\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eNixon in China\u003c\/i\u003e. Beginning with an investigation of opera in revolutionary France, Anthony Arblaster goes on to analyse Mozart’s enigmatic politics, and to explore the work of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and, above all, Verdi, in the context of the \u003ci\u003eRisorgimento\u003c\/i\u003e. Further chapters examine Wagner’s early radicalism and notorious anti-semitism, nationalism in Russian, Czech and English opera, and the weaknesses of Puccini and Strauss. He also discusses the place of women in opera, and concludes with a fascinating survey of the treatment of everyday life in opera and musicals, from Dallapiccola to Sondheim.“... a superlative music book ... that every true lover of opera should devour greedily.”—Michael Kennedy, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“... beautifully written and argued at every turn ... with every debate properly suffused with a true love of \u003ci\u003ela liberta\u003c\/i\u003e in every language under the sun and moon.”—Michael Foot, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is the book those of us for whom opera cries freedom have long awaited. It had to be by an historian rather than a musical expert, by a lover of opera, by one who cares for words as much as music and who understands man’s passions for liberty. \u003ci\u003eViva la Liberta!\u003c\/i\u003e is all these things and more.”—Ruth Rendell","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303241928933,"sku":"NP9780860916185","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780860916185.jpg?v=1767743497","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/viva-la-liberta-isbn-9780860916185","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}