Modern Theatres 1950-2020

Herausgeber: Staples, David

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Produktbeschreibung

Modern Theatres 1950 â 2020 is an investigation of theatres, concert halls, and opera houses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 574
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 250mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 2118g
• ISBN-13: 9781138484382
• ISBN-10: 1138484385
• Artikelnr.: 60797939

Autorenporträt

David Staples has been a theatre consultant for over 40 years, working on opera houses, concert halls and theatres in 67 countries. His projects include the Oslo Opera in Norway, Esplanade in Singapore, Lowry in England and Portland Center for Performing Arts in Oregon, USA. He has lectured on every continent except Antarctica and is a former chair of the Society of Theatre Consultants, a member of the International Society of Performing Arts, of Opera Europa, a Fellow of the Association of British Theatre Technicians and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. .

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1.00: Aspects of Modern Theatres 1.01. Edwin O. Sachs - A British Theatrical Enigma David Wilmore 1.02. Cities
global and regenerating David Staples 1.03. Theatres and publicness Bostjan Vuga 1.04. Prevailing Themes in 20th Century Theatre Architecture Joshua Dachs 1.05. Towards a new theatre architecture: developments in Britain after 1950 Alistair Fair 1.06. Front of House moves to the forefront Robert Shook 1.07. Concert Halls
Music
and Audiences Chris Blair 1.08. The Modern Opera House Nicholas Payne 1.09. Playhouses and spaces for drama Tim Foster 1.10. Stage Engineering Systems Mark Ager 1.11. Stage Lighting Mark White 1.12. Sound
and Opera's Dirty Little Secret Chris Full 1.13. New Technologies and Performance Raj Patel 1.14. Acoustics and the Modern Theatre Sebastien Jouan Chapter 2.00: Thirty Significant Theatres 1950 to 2010 Chapter 3.00: Fifties 3.01. Royal Festival Hall
1951
London
UK Miles Glendinning and Sebastien Jouan 3.02. Festival Theatre
1957
Stratford
Ontario
Canada Gary McCluskie 3.03. Kalita Humphreys Theater
1959
Dallas
Texas David Staples 3.04. Musiktheater im Revier
1959
Gelsenkirchen
Germany Elain Harwood Chapter 4.00: Sixties 4.01. Arena Stage
Washington
DC
USA Joshua Dachs 4.02. Bunka Kaikan
1961
Tokyo
Japan Shozo Motosugi 4.03. Philharmonie
1963
Berlin
Germany Karin Winkelsesser Chapter 5.00: Seventies 5.01. Finlandia Hall
1971
Helsinki
Finland David Staples 5.02. Sydney Opera House
1973
Sydney
Australia David Staples 5.03. Teatro Regio
1971
Torino
Italy David Staples and Simone Solinas 5.04. Royal National Theatre
1976
London
UK Patrick Dillon 5.05. Royal Exchange Theatre
1976
Manchester
England Andy Hayles Chapter 6.00: Eighties 6.01. Schaubühne at Lehniner Platz
1981
Berlin
Germany Reinhold Daberto 6.02. Arts Centre Melbourne
1982
Melbourne
Australia Tim Brinkman 6.03. Joyce Theater
1982
New York
NY
USA Elizabeth Bradley 6.04. Derngate
1983
Northampton
England Roger Hopwood 6.05. Lucent Danstheater
1987
The Hague
Netherlands Eric Blom and Lian The 6.06. Opéra Bastille
1989
Paris
France Michel da Costa Gonçalves Chapter 7.00: Nineties 7.01. Sadler's Wells Theatre
1998
London
UK Richard York Chapter 8.00: New Millennium 8.01. The Lowry
2000
Salford
United Kingdom Alistair Fair 8.02. Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay
2002
Singapore Gaurav Kripalani 8.03. Walt Disney Concert Hall
2003
Los Angeles
California
USA Carl Giegold 8.04. KÀ Theater
2004
MGM Grand Hotel
Las Vegas
AZ
USA David Barbour 8.05. Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre
2004
Matsumoto
Japan Shozo Motosugi 8.06. Casa da Música
2005
Porto
Portugal Maria Rita Liberal Arnaut 8.07. Auditório Ibirapuera 'Oscar Niemeyer'
2005
São Paulo
Brazil Claudia Toni 8.08. National Center for the Performing Arts
2007
Beijing
China Jörg Kümmel 8.09. Operahuset
2008
Oslo
Norway David Turnbull 8.10. National Opera House
2008
Wexford
Ireland David Staples 8.11. DR Koncerthuset
2009
Copenhagen
Denmark Allan Xenius Grige 8.12. Guangzhou Opera
2010
Guangzhou
China David Staples Chapter 9.00: Snapshots of twenty theatres - 2011 to 2020 - David Staples 9.01. Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
2009
Dallas
Texas
USA Karin Winkelsesser 9.02. Onassis Cultural Centre
2010
Athens
Greece Karin Winkelsesser 9.03. New World Center
2011
Miami
FL
USA Karin Winkelsesser 9.04. Royal Opera House
2011
Muscat
Oman Karin Winkelsesser 9.05. Harpa
2011
Reykjavik
Iceland David Staples 9.06. Royal Shakespeare Theatre
2011
Stratford-upon-Avon Alistair Fair 9.07. Heydar Aliyev Center
2012
Baku
Azerbaijan David Staples 9.08. `A`ali`ik¿honua Creative Arts Center
2012
Seabury Hall
Maui
USA David Staples 9.09. Musiktheater am Volksgarten
2013
Linz
Austria Karin Winkelsesser 9.10. Everyman Theatre
2014
Liverpool
UK Alistair Fair 9.11. Han Show Theatre
2014
Wuhan
China Karin Winkelsesser 9.12. Harbin Opera House
2015
Harbin
China David Staples 9.13. Dubai Opera
2016
Dubai
UAE Karin Winkelsesser 9.14. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
2017
Athens
Greece Karin Winkelsesser 9.15. Boulez Saal
2017
Berlin
Germany Karin Winkelsesser 9.16. Elbphilharmonie
2017
Hamburg
Germany Karin Winkelsesser 9.17. Bridge Theatre
2017
London
UK David Staples 9.18. National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts
2018
Taiwan Karin Winkelsesser 9.19. The Shed
The Bloomberg Building
2019
New York David Staples 9.20. Xiqu Centre
2019
Hong Kong David Staples Chapter 10.00: Conclusions 10.01. Postscript - "The Ghost Light" Chapter 11.00: Modern Theatres contributors