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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One comes away more fully understanding what lies behind the work of the people he has chosen... Believing in Opera is an impressive achievement, reflecting great credit on one of the finest music critics in the business."--Patrick Smith, Opera News "This book is an eloquent, persuasive celebration of the exciting achievements of contemporary opera production and design."--Anthony Arblaster, Opera "An engrossing. maddening, important book, which should be required reading for operagoers of every stripe."--Max Loppert, Opera "Clearly a laudable, novel and timely enterprise, the fruit of which adds significantly to our knowledge."--Christopher Wintle, Times Literary Supplement "For the eager, curious opera lover, this is a valuable account of the recent past, a map of territory conquered, which will serve as a guide to future pleasures."--Sir Jeremy Isaacs, The Guardian "Sutcliffe's book is hugely worthwhile... a feast of material craving assent and disputation. It will be read with recognition and pleasure by anyone wanting to test their own impressions against those of an impassioned advocated of the shock of the new."--Patrick Carnegy, The Spectator "Anyone seriously interested in the future of opera, whether they are in Mr. Sutcliffe's camp or not, should read this book."--Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph "This specialized, sturdily bound, thoroughly indexed book will arouse the interest of general and professional opera lovers."--Choice "Believing in Opera is an impressive achievement, reflecting great credit on one of the finest music critics in the business."--Opera News
Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword1Believing in opera12Peter Brook and theatrical opera173Theory of interpretation374A repertoire of classics535The design matrix796Patrice Chereau: revolutionary classicism997Ruth Berghaus: Marx, feminism and the absurd1258David Alden: expressionist shock1659Peter Sellars: Americanizing everything19510Richard Jones: burlesque profundities22711Graham Vick: neo-realism and emotion26112Albery, Pimlott, Cairns: British expressionism29113A line of renewal: from Hall to Pountney31714Brian McMaster's eclectic imports35515Frankfurt and after: from Neuenfels to Decker3771621st-century opera: going for a song413Appendix: Buhnenreform (Theatre Reform)427Postscript433Index437
