This 2003 Companion is a fascinating and accessible exploration
of the world of grand opera. Through this volume a team of scholars
and writers on opera examine those important Romantic operas which
embraced the Shakespearean sweep of tragedy, history, love in time
of conflict, and the struggle for national self-determination.
Rival nations, rival religions and violent resolutions are common
elements, with various social or political groups represented in
the form of operatic choruses. The book traces the origins and
development of a style created during an increasingly technical
age, which exploited the world-renowned skills of Parisian
stage-designers, artists, and dancers as well as singers. It
analyses in detail the grand operas by Rossini, Auber, Meyerbeer
and Halévy, discusses grand opera in Russia and Germany, and also
in the Czech lands, Italy, Britain and the Americas. The volume
also includes an essay by the renowned opera director David
Pountney.
? Accessible
introduction to the world of grand opera and its frequently
performed works such as Guillaume Tell ? Also offers insights into
those less-performed but important grand operas such as Rienzi and
Les Huguenots, among others ? The perfect introduction for opera
enthusiasts and students
目錄：
1. Introduction David Charlton;
Part I. The Resourcing of Grand Opera
2. The ''machine'' and the State Hervé Lacombe
3. Fictions and librettos Nicholas White
4. The spectacle of the past in grand opera Simon
Williams
5. The chorus James Parakilas
6. Dance and dancers Marian Smith
7. Roles, reputations, shadows: singers at the Opéra,
1828–49 Mary Ann Smart;
Part II. Revaluation and the Twenty-first Century
8. Directing grand opera: Rienzi and Guillaume Tell at the
Vienna State Opera David Pountney; Part III. Grand Operas for
Paris
9. La Muette and her context Sarah Hibberd
10. Scribe and Auber: constructing grand opera Herbert
Schneider
11. Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable and Les Huguenots Matthias
Brzoska
12. Meyerbeer: Le Prophète and L''Africaine John H.
Roberts
13. The grand operas of Fromental Halévy Diana R.
Hallman
14. From Rossini to Verdi M. Elizabeth C. Bartlett
15. After 1850 at the Paris Opéra: institution and repertory
Steven Huebner
Part IV. Transformations of Grand Opera
16. Richard Wagner and the legacy of French grand opera
Thomas Grey
17. Grand opera in Russia: fragments Marina
Frolova-Walker
18. Grand opera among the Czechs Jan Smaczny
19. Italian opera Fiamma Nicolodi
20. Grand opera in Britain and the Americas Sarah
Hibberd
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