Rossini and Post-Napoleonic Europe

Warren Roberts has discovered a Rossini that others have not seen, a composer who commented ironically and satirically on religion and politics in Post-Napoleonic Europe.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Setting the Stage: Opera Buffa and Comedy of Manners in an Age of Democratic Revolution
Rossini, Mozart, Paisiello, and the Barber of Seville
Jane Austen, Goya, Rossini, and the Post-Napoleonic Age: La Cenerentola
Rossini, Beethoven, and Rescue Opera: Fidelio and La gazza ladra
Rossini, Ferretti, Matilde di Shabran, and the Revolution of 1820-21
Stendhal and Rossini in Paris: Il viaggio a Reims, Le Comte Ory, and the July Revolution
Conclusion: Thinking about Rossini
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Warren Roberts

Product details

• Authors: Warren Roberts, Warren E Roberts, Warren E Warren E Roberts, Warren E. Warren E. Roberts, Warren E. (Customer) Warren E. Roberts
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2015
• EAN: 9781580465304
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-530-4
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 529 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Geschichte, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Musikkritik, MUSIC / History & Criticism, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera