Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Song (Excerpt)
By Dana Gioia
Below is an exclusive excerpt from Dana Gioia’s forthcoming new book, Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry
Gesang ist Dasein.
(Singing is being.)
—Rainer Maria Rilke
It is not coincidental that George Gershwin's Porgy, the most popular American opera, emerged from commercial theater. Broadway has a different way of developing musical theater. It puts gre…
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