TY - BOOK AU - Wallace,Robert K. AU - Scheer,Gene AU - Melville,Herman AU - Almond,Karen ED - Project Muse. TI - Heggie and Scheer's Moby-Dick: a grand opera for the twenty-first century SN - 9781574415209 AV - ML410.H432 W35 2013 U1 - 792.5/42 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Denton, Tex. PB - University of North Texas Press KW - Melville, Herman, KW - Heggie, Jake, KW - Operas KW - First performances KW - Texas KW - Dallas KW - Opera KW - Production and direction KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue : setting the stage -- Creative voyage, 2005/2010 -- Libretto by Gene Scheer : Moby-Dick, an opera in two acts -- Rehearsing a world premiere, March/April 2010 -- Moby-Dick on the opera stage -- Act 1 -- Act 2 -- Bows, backstage, and bios -- Epilogue : sailing on N2 - "Book describes the world premiere of the American opera based on Melville's novel Moby-Dick, with the same name. Wallace describes the creative process of writing the music and libretto, the rehearsals and stage design, and the opening night in Dallas in May 2010."--ECIP Data View, Summary UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781574415209/ ER -