The Story of an Operetta Le dernier sorcier by Pauline Viardot and Ivan Turgenev, Vol. 1 Nicholas G. Žekulin

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Žekulin, Nicholas G., Author.

Series:

Vorträge und Abhandlungen zur Slavistik 15

Language:

German

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.) , EPDF

Edition:

1st, New ed.

Other Title:

Story of an Operetta

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt a.M. PH02 1989

Language Note:

Creoles and pidgins, English based

Summary:

Few readers of the works of the Russian author Ivan Turgenev are aware of the fact that he occasionally engaged in the writing of libretti. Even fewer people realize that Turgenev was interested in libretti-both theoretically and in practice- for much of his literary career. No attempt has yet been made to study his libretti in their essential context, that of Pauline Viardot׳s music. The present two-part study represent an effort at considering this apect of his life and work. It is based primarily on le Dernier Sorcier [The Last Sorcerer], arguably the best and most important of the Turgenev-Viardot operettas.

Contents:

1867 Baden-Baden: The Théâtre du Thiergarten - 1868 Baden-Baden: Two Seasons - 1869 Weimar: Der letzte Zauberer - 1869 Baden-Baden: The Théâtre Viardot - 1870 Année Climatérique (I): "The Karlsruhe Affair" - 1870 Année Climatérique (2): Drang nach Osten

Notes:

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften