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Chapter 16 - Puccini’s Theatrical Vision
from Part IV - Bringing Puccini to the Stage
- By Helen M. Greenwald
Edited by Alexandra Wilson, Oxford Brookes University
Book:

Puccini in Context

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31 August 2023

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14 September 2023, pp 130-136
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This chapter considers the ways in which Puccini’s works were staged during his lifetime, with a close focus upon the composer’s own vision of how his operas should look. Puccini was keenly involved with the visual representation of his works on stage and always strove to be as ‘authentic’ as possible in reproducing the locales being depicted. This chapter draws upon the composer’s correspondence to demonstrate how proactive Puccini was in every aspect of the performance of his works. We find Puccini complaining about stage designs for his works and suggesting improvements, as well as suggesting novel scenographic approaches to make a work more effective for the viewer. Puccini was also extremely keen to maintain aspects of staging and direction used in some of the source plays upon which his operas had been based. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the various extant sources that document Puccini’s staging intentions.

Part XX - Changing Technologies of Stage Performance
- By Shoichiro Kawai
Edited by Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
Edited in association with Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts
With Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Akiko Kusunoki, Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book:

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

Published online:

17 August 2019

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21 January 2016, pp 1417-1482
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199 - Scenery
from Part XX - Changing Technologies of Stage Performance
- By Christopher Baugh
Edited by Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
Edited in association with Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts
With Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Akiko Kusunoki, Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book:

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

Published online:

17 August 2019

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21 January 2016, pp 1449-1456
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Part XVI - Making the Scene
- By Bruce R. Smith
Edited by Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
Edited in association with Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts
With Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Akiko Kusunoki, Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book:

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

Published online:

17 August 2019

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21 January 2016, pp 1119-1182
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213 - King Lear from the Restoration to the Nineteenth Century
from Part XXII - Production History
- By Jay L. Halio
Edited by Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
Edited in association with Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts
With Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Akiko Kusunoki, Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book:

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

Published online:

17 August 2019

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21 January 2016, pp 1560-1567
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Part XXII - Production History
- By Joseph Roach
Edited by Bruce R. Smith, University of Southern California
Edited in association with Katherine Rowe, Smith College, Massachusetts
With Ton Hoenselaars, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, Akiko Kusunoki, Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin, Aimara da Cunha Resende, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book:

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare

Published online:

17 August 2019

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21 January 2016, pp 1545-1610
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