French Grand Opera and the Historical Imag...

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During the July Monarchy, French grand operas, with their plots drawn from historical events, tended to be received as metaphors for current political themes. Previous studies have usually underestimated the role of music and the visual dimensions in articulating an alternative message to that offered by the libretto, and have instead focused on single political interpretations. In this study, five operas - Auber's La Muette de Portici and Gustave III, Niedermeyer's Stradella, Halévy's Charles VI and Meyerbeer's Le Prophete - illustrate the complex, contested nature of political meaning during this period. By setting these operas in the context of the emerging liberal historiography pioneered by Jules Michelet, and analysing the manner in which audiences and critics constructed 'meanings' with reference to their personal and collective experience and memories, this study reveals the central position that grand opera occupied in the period, bringing the past alive.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Politics, history, opera; 2. La Muette de Portici: reliving the past; 3. Gustave III: politics as spectacle; 4. Stradella: legitimising the myth; 5. Charles VI: creating the future; 6. Le Prophète: the end of history?; Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2011
Genre:	Importe , Musik
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9780521184267
ISBN-10:	0521184266
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hibberd, Sarah
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	244 x 170 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Sarah Hibberd
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.02.2011
Gewicht:	0,512 kg