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

• Autore: Letellier Robert Ignatius
• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.10268
• Soggetto topico: Operas; Operas - Literary themes, motives
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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...
• Titolo autorizzato: Meyerbeer's les huguenots
• ISBN: 1-4438-6084-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815793003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II