Saint-Saëns and the Stage: Operas, Plays, Pageants, a Ballet and a Film

ISBN-13: 9781108445092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 448 str.

Hugh MacDonald

Opis

The first major study of Saint-Saëns's stage music, timed to coincide with revivals of his operas on stage.

Recenzje

'… is Herculean in every sense … with heaps of insightful detail, gleaned from many sources but, in particular, through close and erudite examination of librettos and scores.' Clair Rowden, Fontes Astis Musicae

Spis treści

1. Preparations for opera, Le Duc de Parme; 2. Le Timbre d'argent; 3. Samson et Dalila; 4. La Princesse jaune; 5. Etienne Marcel; 6. Henry VIII; 7. Proserpine; 8. Ascanio; 9. La Crampe des écrivains, Phryné; 10. Antigone, Frédégonde; 11. Javotte, Déjanire; 12. Lola, Les Barbares; 13. Parysatis, Botriocéphale, Andromaque, Le Roi Apépi, Hélène; 14. L'Ancêtre, La Foi; 15. L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise, Déjanire, On ne badine pas avec l'amour; 16. Saint-Saëns the Dramatist.