Les Huguenots : The Huguenots / adapted from the Opera Journeys lecture series by Burton D. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Burton D.

Series:

Opera Journeys mini guide series.

Opera Journeys mini guide series

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Operas--Stories, plots, etc.

Operas.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Huguenots.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Huguenots--Criticism and interpretation.

Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861.

Scribe, Eugène.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (32 p.)

Other Title:

Huguenots

Place of Publication:

Coral Gables, FL : Opera Journeys Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

Chiefly English, some excerpts in French.

Summary:

A comprehensive guide to Meyerbeer's LES HUGUENOTS, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer.<br>

Contents:

""LES HUGUENOTS Opera Journeys Mini Guide""; ""Principal Characters in Les Huguenots""; ""Brief Story Synopsis""; ""Story Narrative with Music Highlights""; ""Prelude""; ""Act I: The chateau of Count de Nevers""; ""Act II: The garden of Marguerite's chateaux of Chenonceaux, a few miles from Ambroise""; ""Act III: Paris. The Pre-aux-Clercs, the great meadow, running down to the banks of the Seine. ""; ""Act IV: A room in the castle of Comte Nevers.""; ""Act V - Scene 1: The Hotel de Nesle""; ""Act V - Scene 2: A cemetery beside a Protestant church, its windows shattered by bullets""

""Act V - Scene 3: A quay in Paris""""Commentary and Analysis""

Notes:

"Opera in French in five acts; Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer; Libretto by Eugene Scribe; Premiere: Paris Opera, February 1836.

OCLC:

703858130