Carmen and the staging of Spain : recasting Bizet's opera in the belle epoque / Michael Christoforidis and Elizabeth Kertesz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christoforidis, Michael, author.

Kertesz, Elizabeth, author.

Series:

Currents in Latin American & Iberian music

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen.

Bizet, Georges.

Spain--In opera.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

'Carmen and the Staging of Spain' explores the Belle Époque fascination with Spanish entertainment that refashioned Bizet's opera and gave rise to an international 'Carmen industry'. Michael Christoforidis and Elizabeth Kertesz challenge the notion of Carmen as an unchanging exotic construct, tracing the ways in which performers and productions responded to evolving fashions for Spanish style from its 1875 premiere to 1915. Focusing on selected realizations of the opera in Paris, London, and New York, Christoforidis and Kertesz explore the cycles of influence between the opera and its parodies; adaptations in spoken drama, ballet and film; and the panorama of flamenco, Spanish dance, and musical entertainments. Their findings also uncover Carmen's dynamic interaction with issues of Hispanic identity against the backdrop of Spain's changing international fortunes.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 23, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780190883508

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.