Saint-Saens and the Stage - Operas, Plays, Pageants, a Ballet and a Film

The first major study of Saint-Saëns's stage music, timed to coincide with revivals of his operas on stage.

List of contents

1. Preparations for opera, Le Duc de Parme; 2. Le Timbre d'argent; 3. Samson et Dalila; 4. La Princesse jaune; 5. Etienne Marcel; 6. Henry VIII; 7. Proserpine; 8. Ascanio; 9. La Crampe des écrivains, Phryné; 10. Antigone, Frédégonde; 11. Javotte, Déjanire; 12. Lola, Les Barbares; 13. Parysatis, Botriocéphale, Andromaque, Le Roi Apépi, Hélène; 14. L'Ancêtre, La Foi; 15. L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise, Déjanire, On ne badine pas avec l'amour; 16. Saint-Saëns the Dramatist.

About the author

Hugh Macdonald's distinguished career has included appointments at the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Glasgow and Washington University, St Louis. He was General Editor of the New Berlioz Edition (1967–2006), and has published books on Skryabin, Berlioz and Bizet.

Summary

Designed as a resource for opera lovers, opera professionals, and music students, this book provides a guide to Saint-Saëns's twelve operas and a variety of other stage works for those who are curious to know more. It will enhance listeners' experience of recordings of Saint-Saëns, which are enjoying increased popularity as his centenary approaches.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Macdonald, Hugh (Washington University Macdonald, Macdonald Hugh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781108426381
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42638-1
• No. of pages: 446
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Opera; Cambridge Studies in Opera
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Romanticism, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music