| Series |
Cambridge studies in opera
Cambridge studies in opera. ^A396000
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| Contents |
The collaboration and rapprochement of the authors of La Juive -- The Halévys: citoyens and israélities of France -- The Council of Constance and the Voltairean critique -- Jewish-Christian opposition in music and drama -- Eléazar and Rachel as literary stereotypes -- The milieu of La Juive: Jewish imagery and identity in the July Monarchy -- Appendices. Personnel, La Juive, Paris Opera, 1835 ; Synopsis of La Juive ; Contract between Louis Veron and Eugene Scribe for the libretto of La Juive, 25 August 1833 ; Rough chronology of the genesis and early performances of La Juive, c. 1832/3-1835 ; Description of the genesis of La Juive by Leon Halevy ; Rapport from the Secretaire, Commssion de Surveillance, to the Ministre de l'Interieur, recommending authorization of the premiere of La Juive ; Records of payments to Fromental Halevy from Maurice Schlesinger for the musical scores of La Juive ; Excerpt from a review of La Juive in Le Constitutionnel, 25 February 1835 ; Excerpt from a review of La Juive in La Gazette de France, 27 February 1835 ; Letter from Fromental Halevy to Charles Valter, chef d'orchestre, Rouen, with addendum of Maurice Schlesinger ; Note from Fromental Halevy to Adolphe Nourrit ; Excerpt from "L'Artiste, le savant, et l'industriel: dialogue" by Leon Halevy ; Public notice of the candidacy of Fromental Halevy to the Assemblee nationale, 1848. |
| Abstract |
This is the first comprehensive critical study of the nineteenth-century French grand opera La Juive (Paris Opera, 1835), a powerful and successful work by the leading dramatist and librettist, Eugene Scribe, and Conservatoire-trained composer, Fromental Halevy. Hallman explores the politically charged messages of the opera within the context of French social and cultural history. The book addresses the opera's portrayal of religious intolerance and Jewish-Christian conflict in subject, setting, and characterization, viewing the anticlerical thrust of its critique as a reminder of the historical abuses of an autocratic Church and State and as reflection of the era's liberal ideology. It also considers the portrayal of the central Jewish characters in light of literary stereotypes, Jewish "emancipation" and acculturation, and contradictory, antisemitic attitudes toward Jews in French society |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-371) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001052446 |
| ISBN | 0521650860 |
