Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France: Music and Entertainment Before the Revolution

ISBN-13: 9781316515846 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 350 str.

David Charlton

Opis

A major re-orientation in understanding opera, exploring musical comedies with spoken dialogue previously excluded from historical accounts.

Recenzje

'… an extremely important monograph for any historian of opera and music theatre, which should be considered a towering achievement.' Erin Helyard, Musicology Australia

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Music and spoken theatre; 3. Music in Gherardi's company; 4. Singing and acting at home; 5. Opéra-comique en vaudevilles; 6. Experiences of popular theatre; 7. Comic and serious themes; 8. Performance as history; 9. Musical expansion; 10. Italian inroads: the King's company; 11. Six methods of synthesis; 12. A 'Musico-dramatic art'; 13. Conclusions.