Meyerbeer's opera Robert le Diable : the premier opera romantique / Robert Ignatius Letellier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Letellier, Robert Ignatius.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera--Germany--19th century--Analysis, appreciation.

Opera.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Robert le diable.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.

Summary:

Robert le Diable by Giacomo Meyerbeer is regarded as a musical milestone, a definitive statement in the 19th-century development of French grand opéra from the tragédie lyrique of Lully, Rameau, Gluck and Spontini. The libretto by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne was derived from the medieval legend of "Robert the Devil". First performed on 21 November 1831 at the Paris Opéra, the work brought Meyerbeer international celebrity. Robert le Diable remains a legend in the annals of opera. The...

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; THE ORIGINS; THE SOURCES; THE LIBRETTO; THE SYMBOLIC UNDERTOW; SCRIBE'S ACHIEVEMENT; THE MUSIC; THE BALLET SEQUENCES; CRITICAL REACTION; THE INFLUENCE OF THE OPERA; THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY; THE ICONOGRAPHY; CONTEMPORANEOUS ART AND ROBERT LE DIABLE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8386-4093-1

1-4438-4551-5

OCLC:

827209260