Bizet's Carmen Uncovered

Bizet's Carmen Uncovered exposes the myths and stereotypes that so often surround this much loved opera by exploring its first staging, and the particularly Spanish contexts in which the opera was conceived, written, and staged.

List of contents

Vitoria and Waterloo: French Music and the Peninsula Wars
Pictures and jottings: Carmen and the rise of Andalusian Tourism
Spain on the Paris stage
From Novella to Libretto
Libretto into Opera
The Forgotten Englishman
Carmen's Places
Carmen the Gypsy
In the Pit, on the Stage

About the author

Richard Langham Smith

Summary

Bizet's Carmen Uncovered exposes the myths and stereotypes that so often surround this much loved opera by exploring its first staging, and the particularly Spanish contexts in which the opera was conceived, written, and staged.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Langham Smith
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781783275250
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-525-0
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 165 mm x 37 mm
• Weight: 750 g
• Illustrations: 19 colour, 44 b/w, 17 line illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera