Not Russian Enough? - Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in Nineteenth-Century Russian Opera

Offers fresh perspectives on the function of nationalist thought in the cosmopolitan opera world, with particular emphasis on the idea of "Russianness" in four nineteenth-century operas by Glinka, Serov, Tchaikovsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov.

List of contents

Introduction: The Part and the Whole
A Life for the Tsar and Bel Canto Opera
Subject Matter, Local Color, and National Style in Judith
French Theatricality and Inadvertent Russianisms in The Maid of Orleans
The Tsar's Bride and the Dilemma of History
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Rutger Helmers

Product details

• Authors: Rutger Helmers
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9781580465007
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-500-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 494 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education