Meyerbeer's les huguenots : an evangel of religion and love / Robert Ignatius Letellier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Letellier, Robert Ignatius, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas--Librettos.

Operas.

Operas--Literary themes, motives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On 29 February 1836, Les Huguenots, a grand opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), with words by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861) and Émile Deschamps (1791-1871), was performed for the first time, at the Paris Opéra. It was to be one of the most successful productions ever staged at the Opéra, with 1,126 performances in Paris over the next hundred years, and, in the process, breaking all box office records. It became Meyerbeer's most popular work, with thousands of stagings throughout the world. L...

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE ORIGINS; 2. THE PLOT; 3. THE SOURCES; 4. THE RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM; 5. THE DRAMATURGY; 6. THE LEADING THEMES; 7. INSTRUMENTAL WRITING; 8. FORMAL INNOVATION; 9. THE TREATMENT OF THE CHORUS; 10. THE BLESSING OF THE DAGGERS; 11. THE LOVE DUET; 12. THE DRAMATIC FORM OF ACT 5; 13. THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC; 14. RECEPTION HISTORY; 15. PERFORMING TRADITIONS; 16. PERFORMANCE IN THE TWENTIETHCENTURY; 17. THE ICONOGRAPHY; 18. HISTORICAL APPENDICES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6084-0

OCLC:

881368079