French Grand Opera and the Historical Imagination

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Hibberd is Lecturer in Music at the University of Nottingham. Klappentext Closely examining five French operas! this book reveals how and why grand opera sought to bring the past alive. Zusammenfassung During the years of the July Monarchy, French grand opera exploited the powerful combination of musical and visual effects to foreground political agendas. Taking five operas - by Auber, Meyerbeer, Halévy and Niedermeyer - this book reveals the central position that grand opera occupied during this period, bringing the past alive. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Politics, history, opera; 2. La Muette de Portici: reliving the past; 3. Gustave III: politics as spectacle; 4. Stradella: legitimising the myth; 5. Charles VI: creating the future; 6. Le Prophète: the end of history?; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Professor Sarah Hibberd, Sarah Hibberd
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521885621
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88562-1
• No. of pages: 294
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries