Description
Book SynopsisIlluminates the diverse elements that constitute opera by focusing the investigation around three main categories: composition and production; words, music, and drama; and the interaction of society, genre, and aesthetics.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface to the English Edition
Introduction
Part 1 Genesis, Performance, and Reception
1 The Genesis of an Opera
2 Performance
3 Reception
Part 2 Drama, Poetry, and Music
4 The Construction of a Drama
5 Space and Time
6 Poetic Expression and Musical Expression
Part 3 French Opera: Society, Genre, and Aesthetics
7 The Parisian Operatic World
8 Genre
9 The Aesthetic Foundations of Nineteenth-Century French Opera
Conclusion
Appendix 1 The Sources of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles
Appendix 2 The Versions of Les Pêcheurs de perles
Appendix 3 Several States of the Beginning of the Act 2 Finale
Appendix 4 Passages Cut in the Course of Performance
Appendix 5 Performances and Daily Box-Office Receipts of the Théâtre-Lyrique,September 27–November 28, 1863
Appendix 6 The Staging of Les Pêcheurs de perles
Appendix 7 Symmetrical Versification and Reformulation of the Text
Biographical Notes on Composers
Notes
Index
