LEADER 03729nam 2200601 450 001 9910464469503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-95897-7 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520958975 035 $a(CKB)3710000000204339 035 $a(EBL)1710987 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001288947 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12487156 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288947 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11295563 035 $a(PQKB)10056073 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1710987 035 $a(DE-B1597)520545 035 $a(OCoLC)885014508 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520958975 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1710987 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10899637 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL631977 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000204339 100 $a20140811h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGrand opera $ethe story of the Met /$fCharles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2014. 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (469 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-520-25033-8 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. A Matter of Boxes, 1883-1884: Bel Canto --$t2. Cultural Capital, 1884-1903: The German Seasons and French Opera --$t3. Opera Wars, 1903-1908: Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company --$t4. Modernity, 1908-1929: Puccini --$t5. Hard Times, 1929-1940: Wagner --$t6. Strains of War, 1940-1950: The Conductor's Opera --$t7. Stage Business, 1950-1966: Verdi --$t8. In Transit, 1966-1975: American Opera --$t9. Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990: Twentieth-Century European Opera and the Baroque --$t10. Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006: American Opera (Redux) and Slavic Opera --$t11. In the Age of New Media, 2006-2013 --$tNotes --$tIndex of Names, Titles, and Foreign-Language Musical Terms 330 $aThe Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of this famed New York institution, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron tell how the Met became and remains a powerful actor on the global cultural scene. In this first new history of the company in thirty years, each of the chronologically sequenced chapters surveys a composer or a slice of the repertoire and brings to life dominant personalities and memorable performances of the time. From the opening night Faust to the recent controversial production of Wagner's "Ring," Grand Opera is a remarkable account of management and audience response to the push and pull of tradition and reinvention. Spanning the decades between the Gilded Age and the age of new media, this story of the Met concludes by tipping its hat to the hugely successful "Live in HD" simulcasts and other twenty-first-century innovations. Grand Opera's appeal extends far beyond the large circle of opera enthusiasts. Drawing on unpublished documents from the Metropolitan Opera Archives, reviews, recordings, and much more, this richly detailed book looks at the Met in the broad context of national and international issues and events. 606 $aElectronic books 606 $aMUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aElectronic books. 615 7$aMUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera. 676 $a792.509747/1 700 $aAffron$b Charles$0155352 702 $aAffron$b Mirella Jona$f1937- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464469503321 996 $aGrand opera$92464222 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04124nam 2200709 450 001 9910461192703321 005 20210506205843.0 010 $a1-5017-0128-2 010 $a1-5017-0129-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501701290 035 $a(CKB)3710000000470679 035 $a(EBL)4189244 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001543977 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16135022 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543977 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13030673 035 $a(PQKB)10266752 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001517025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4189244 035 $a(OCoLC)919921459 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46800 035 $a(DE-B1597)478253 035 $a(OCoLC)920692223 035 $a(OCoLC)979954639 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501701290 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4189244 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11129081 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL831923 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000470679 100 $a20151223h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBecoming bourgeois $elove, kinship, and power in provincial France, 1670-1880 /$fChristopher H. Johnson 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (358 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8014-5398-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPart I. The Ascent (1670-1800) --$t1. The Way of Print --$t2. Bourgeois de Vannes, Bourgeois de Paris --$t3. The Revolutions of the Galles --$tPart II. Bourgeois Culture (1800-1880) --$t4. The Sibling Archipelago --$t5. "Mon Adèle" --$t6. Notre Adèle --$t7. Guadeloupe --$t8. The Chosen: Educating René --$t9. Into the World --$t10. The Legacy: Bourgeois Nation Building and Civic Leadership --$tBibliographical Notes --$tIndex 330 $aBecoming Bourgeois traces the fortunes of three French families in the municipality of Vannes, in Brittany-Galles, Jollivet, and Le Ridant-who rose to prominence in publishing, law, the military, public administration, and intellectual pursuits over the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Revisiting complex issues of bourgeois class formation from the perspective of the interior lives of families, Christopher H. Johnson argues that the most durable and socially advantageous links forging bourgeois ascent were those of kinship. Economic success, though certainly derived from the virtues of hard work and intelligent management, was always underpinned by marriage strategies and the diligent intervention of influential family members. Johnson's examination of hundreds of personal letters opens up a whole world: the vicissitudes of courtship; the centrality of marriage; the depths of conjugal love; the routines of pregnancy and the drama of childbirth; the practices of child rearing and education; the powerful place of siblings; the role of kin in advancing the next generation; tragedy and deaths; the enormous contributions of women in all aspects of becoming bourgeois; and the pleasures of gathering together in intimate soirées, grand balls, country houses, and civic and political organizations. Family love bound it all together, and this is ultimately what this book is about, as four generations of rather ordinary provincial people capture our hearts. 606 $aMiddle class$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMiddle class$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aFamilies$zFrance 607 $aFrance$xSocial conditions$y19th century 607 $aFrance$xSocial conditions$y18th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMiddle class$xHistory 615 0$aMiddle class$xHistory 615 0$aFamilies 676 $a306.094409/033 700 $aJohnson$b Christopher H.$0253633 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461192703321 996 $aBecoming bourgeois$92488816 997 $aUNINA