Giacomo Meyerbeer and music drama in nineteenth-century Paris / Mark Everist.
| Author/creator | Everist, Mark |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005] |
| Copyright Date | ©2005 |
| Description | xxv, 433 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Variorum collected studies series Collected studies. ^A355371 |
| Contents | Parisian music drama, 1806-64 : social structures and artistic contexts -- Lindoro in Lyon : Rossini's Le barbier de Séville -- Gluck, Berlioz, and Castil-Blaze : the poetics and reception of French opera -- Meyerbeer's Margherita d'Anjou -- Meyerbeer's Il crociato in Egitto : mélodrame, opera, orientalism -- Giacomo Meyerbeer, the Théâtre Royal de l'Odéon, and music drama in restoration Paris -- The name of the rose : Meyerbeer's opéra comique, Robert le diable -- Fromental Halévy : from opéra comique to grand opéra -- Translating Weber's Euryanthe : German romanticism at the dawn of French grand opéra -- "Tutti i francesi erano diventati matti" : Bellini and the duet for two basses -- Donizetti and Wagner : opéra de genre at the Théâtre de la Renaissance -- "Der Lieblingswunsch meines Lebens" : contexts and continuity in Meyerbeer's opéras comiques. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-412) and index. |
| Genre/form | Operas. |
| LCCN | 2004016623 |
| ISBN | 0860789152 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780860789154 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1727.8.P2 E929 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |