Perfect lives : an opera for television
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Robert Ashley’s television opera “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, et al, in the American Midwest. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called a comic opera about reincarnation.
“Nothing less than the first American opera, written within an American language utilizing various American attention spans: snippets for the channel switchers, layers of meaning for the smart-alecks, something for everyone, and accessible. Works such as this put to rest any doubts if opera can or should survive, and how.” — Fanfare (Allan Evans), March/April 1999
TitlePerfect lives : an opera for television
Author
PublisherLovely Music
Year of publication2005
Pagination175 min.
MaterialDVD
Persons keyword Robert Ashley
| Copy number | Shelfmark | Loan status | |
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| B-DVD-637 | Available |
| Copy number | B-DVD-637 |
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| Loan status | Available |