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The late musicologist, performer, and writer Robert Donington discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. His analysis includes scenes and characters from operas by Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Puccini, Debussy, Strauss, Stravinsky, Berg, Britten, Tippett, and other composers.Donington, Robert is the author of 'Opera and Its Symbols The Unity of Words, Music, and Staging' with ISBN 9780300056617 and ISBN 0300056613.
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