Gretry and the Growth of Opera-comique
Published on 6. March 1986
Book
Hardback
383 pages
978-0-521-25129-7 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1986, this book is a major study in English on Gretry and opera-comique. Opera-comique is the operatic genre that lies behind The Magic Flute and Fidelio. David Charlton's important study examines the genre in the period before the French Revolution, considering the literary sources, performance conditions, contemporary aesthetic criteria and statistics which reveal the popularity of such works at that time. Dr Charlton takes Gretry, composer of some thirty-four operas-comiques, and a fascinating personality of his day, as the central figure of his study, drawing on Gretry's extensive Memoires and other writing, not available in English translation, for the biographical sections. Twenty-four of Gretry's operas-comiques are given a chapter each, with plot summary, critical discussion, summary of different versions and history of performance in Paris. The book can thus be used as a reference tool or read as a comprehensive survey of opera-comique between 1768 and 1791.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-25129-7 (9780521251297)
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David Charlton
Gretry and the Growth of Opera-comique
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07/2011
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Content
List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. Profile I: from Liege to Paris; 3. Le Huron; 4. Lucile; 5. Le tableau parlant; 6. Silvain; 7. Profile II: the popular composer; 8. Les deux avares; 9. L'amitie a Pepreuve, 2-act version; 10. L'ami de la maison; 11. The overture (1); 12. Zemire te Azor; Part II: 13. Le Magnifique; 14. La Rosiere de Salency; 15. The entr'acte (1); 16. La fausse magie; 17. Les mariages sammites; 18. Profile III: at home and abroad; 19. Matroco; 20. Le jugement de Midas; 21. L'amant jaloux; 22. Les evenements imprevus; 23. The overture (2); 24. Aucassin et Nicolette; 25. Profile IV: Gretry at the Opera; 26. Opera-comique in the 1780s; 27. L'epruve villageoise; 28. Richard Coeur-de-lion; 29. L'amitie a Pepreuve, 3-act version; 30. Les meprises par ressemblance; 31. Le Comte d'Albert; 32. Confident rivals; 33. Raoul Barbe-bleue; 34. Pierre le Grand; 35. The entr'acte (2) and overture (3); 36. Guillaume Tell: conclusions; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.