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Saint-Sa�ens and the stage : operas, plays, pageants, a ballet and a film / Hugh Macdonald.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in operaPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019Copyright date: �2019Description: 1 online resource (xv, 432 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781108615761
  • 1108615767
  • 9781108550925
  • 1108550924
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 782.1092 23
LOC classification:
  • ML410.S15 M3 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Frontispiece; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Preparations for Opera: Le Martyre de Vivia, Le Duc de Parme; 2 Le Timbre d'argent; 3 Samson et Dalila; 4 La Princesse jaune; 5 �Etienne Marcel; 6 Henry VIII; 7 Gabriella di Vergy, Proserpine; 8 Ascanio; 9 La Crampe des �ecrivains, Phryn�e; 10 Antigone, Fr�ed�egonde; 11 Javotte, D�ejanire (open air); 12 Lola, Les Barbares; 13 Parysatis, Botrioc�ephale, Andromaque, Le Roi Ap�epi, H�el�ene; 14 L'Anc�etre, La Foi
15 L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise, D�ejanire (opera), On ne badine pas avec l'amour16 Saint-Sa�ens the Dramatist; Bibliography; Discography; Index
Summary: The stage works of Saint-Sa�ens range from grand open-air pageants to one-act comic operas, and include the first composed film score. Yet, with the exception of Samson et Dalila, his twelve operas have lain in the shadows since the composer's death in 1921. Widely performed in his lifetime, they vanished from the repertory - never played, never recorded - until now. With four twenty-first-century revivals as a backdrop, this timely book is the first study of Saint-Sa�ens's operas, demonstrating the presence of the same breadth and versatility as in his better known works. Hugh Macdonald's wide knowledge of French music in the nineteenth century gives a powerful understanding of the different conventions and expectations that governed French opera at the time. The interaction of Saint-Sa�ens with his contemporaries is a colourful and important part of the story.
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The stage works of Saint-Sa�ens range from grand open-air pageants to one-act comic operas, and include the first composed film score. Yet, with the exception of Samson et Dalila, his twelve operas have lain in the shadows since the composer's death in 1921. Widely performed in his lifetime, they vanished from the repertory - never played, never recorded - until now. With four twenty-first-century revivals as a backdrop, this timely book is the first study of Saint-Sa�ens's operas, demonstrating the presence of the same breadth and versatility as in his better known works. Hugh Macdonald's wide knowledge of French music in the nineteenth century gives a powerful understanding of the different conventions and expectations that governed French opera at the time. The interaction of Saint-Sa�ens with his contemporaries is a colourful and important part of the story.

Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Frontispiece; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Preparations for Opera: Le Martyre de Vivia, Le Duc de Parme; 2 Le Timbre d'argent; 3 Samson et Dalila; 4 La Princesse jaune; 5 �Etienne Marcel; 6 Henry VIII; 7 Gabriella di Vergy, Proserpine; 8 Ascanio; 9 La Crampe des �ecrivains, Phryn�e; 10 Antigone, Fr�ed�egonde; 11 Javotte, D�ejanire (open air); 12 Lola, Les Barbares; 13 Parysatis, Botrioc�ephale, Andromaque, Le Roi Ap�epi, H�el�ene; 14 L'Anc�etre, La Foi

15 L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise, D�ejanire (opera), On ne badine pas avec l'amour16 Saint-Sa�ens the Dramatist; Bibliography; Discography; Index

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