{"product_id":"victory-over-the-sun-the-worlds-first-futurist-opera-exeter-performance-studies-university-of-exeter-press-exeter-performance-studies-9780859898393","title":"Victory Over the Sun The Worlds First Futurist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Futurist opera \u003cem\u003eVictory over the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e was a key event of the Russian avant-garde, notorious for its libretto, its unconventional score and its pioneering abstract sets and costumes. This volume brings together the first fully annotated translation of the libretto of this ‘anti-opera’ and other important primary source materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This project brings the highest possible standard of scholarship to bear on avant-garde cultural production.’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMaria Gough, \u003c\/strong\u003eProfessor of Modern Art, Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This collection opens fascinating and enriching views into a brief but powerful explosion.’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement,\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 November 2012\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Without doubt, it will be rewarding reading for anyone interested in Russian modernism.’\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSlavic Review,\u003c\/strong\u003e Summer 2013, vol. 72, no.2\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVictory Over the Sun\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e: The World’s First Futurist Opera\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e About the Text\u003cbr\u003e About the contributors                                                                                                           \u003cbr\u003e Introduction – Rosamund Bartlett and Sarah Dadswell                                                         \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTexts and Scores\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e i.     Biographies of the Librettists, Set Designer and Composer\u003cbr\u003e ii.    Annotated translation of the libretto of \u003cem\u003eVictory Over the Sun \u003c\/em\u003e(translated by Rosamund Bartlett)\u003cbr\u003e iii.   \u003cem\u003ePobeda nad solntsem: \u003c\/em\u003efacsimile of the original 1913 Russian publication, incorporating some fragments by Matiushin\u003cbr\u003e iv.   Maria Ender’s transcription of Matiushin’s original score for \u003cem\u003eVictory Over the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e v.    Contemporary reviews\u003cbr\u003e vi.   ‘About the Opera \u003cem\u003eVictory Over the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e’, \u003cem\u003eby Aleksei Kruchenykh\u003c\/em\u003e           \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEssays\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Russian Cubo-Futurist Opera \u003cem\u003eVictory Over the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e: Aleksei Kruchenykh’s Alogical Creation, \u003cem\u003eMichaela Böhmig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Entertainment and Enlightenment in Late Imperial Russian Theatre, \u003cem\u003eMurray Frame   \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On the Eve: the Russian Stage 1911–1914, \u003cem\u003eLaurence Senelick\u003c\/em\u003e                                      \u003cbr\u003e Victories over the Sun: the Drama of the Russian Futurists, \u003cem\u003eRobert Leach    \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Darkness and Light: Solar Eclipse as a Cubo-Futurist Metaphor \u003cem\u003eJohn E. Bowlt         \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kazimir Malevich and the Designs for \u003cem\u003eVictory Over the Sun, Christina Lodder    \u003cbr\u003e Victory over the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e – the Music, \u003cem\u003eCatja Gaebel                \u003c\/em\u003e             \u003cbr\u003e “Be a Spectator with a Large Ear”: \u003cem\u003eVictory over the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e as Public Laboratory Experiment for Mikhail Matiushin's Theories of Colour Vision, \u003cem\u003eMargareta Tillberg \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Branding the Futurist\u003cem\u003es, Sarah Dadswell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Collision of Italian and Russian Futurism: Marinetti’s Visit to Russia, \u003cem\u003eAurora Egidio\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Burnt by the Sun: the Transmutation of Performativity, Theatricality, and Framing in the Late Work of Kazimir Malevich, \u003cem\u003eAnna Wexler-Katsnelson \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Modern Victory: Reflections on the 1999 Staging, \u003cem\u003eJulia Hollander\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Director and\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eJeremy Arden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Composer, in conversation with\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSarah Dadswell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359250121047,"sku":"9780859898393","price":80.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780859898393.jpg?v=1754124109","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/victory-over-the-sun-the-worlds-first-futurist-opera-exeter-performance-studies-university-of-exeter-press-exeter-performance-studies-9780859898393","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}