In this Book
- Music Drama at the Paris Odéon, 1824–1828
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
Parisian theatrical, artistic, social, and political life comes alive in Mark Everist's impressive institutional history of the Paris Odéon, an opera house that flourished during the Bourbon Restoration. Everist traces the complete arc of the Odéon's short but highly successful life from ascent to triumph, decline, and closure. He outlines the role it played in expanding operatic repertoire and in changing the face of musical life in Paris.
Everist reconstructs the political power structures that controlled the world of Parisian music drama, the internal administration of the theater, and its relationship with composers and librettists, and with the city of Paris itself. His rich depiction of French cultural life and the artistic contexts that allowed the Odéon to flourish highlights the benefit of close and innovative examination of society's institutions.
Everist reconstructs the political power structures that controlled the world of Parisian music drama, the internal administration of the theater, and its relationship with composers and librettists, and with the city of Paris itself. His rich depiction of French cultural life and the artistic contexts that allowed the Odéon to flourish highlights the benefit of close and innovative examination of society's institutions.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-9
- List of Illustrations
- pp. xi-xiv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- Abbreviations
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-10
- Part I: The Institution
- Part II: The Repertory
- 8. Les heureux étrangers—Italian Music Drama
- pp. 227-249
- 9. Une leçon de morale—German Music Drama
- pp. 250-282
- Conclusion
- pp. 283-288
- Appendix 1
- pp. 289-298
- Appendix 2
- pp. 299-302
- Bibliography
- pp. 303-316
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520928909
Related ISBN(s)
9780520234451
MARC Record
OCLC
52859396
Pages
348
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No