Opera, state, and society in the Third Republic, 1875-1914 / André Michael Spies.
| Author/creator | Spies, André Michael, 1948- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Peter Lang, ©1998. |
| Description | viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in modern European history, 0893-6897 ; vol. 23 Studies in modern European history ; v. 23. ^A682312 |
| Contents | Introduction -- The administration of the opera -- The state and the ideology of the opera: Carmen or Jeanne d'Arc? -- The audience and the ideology of the opera -- The opera as public institution -- Forming public opinion: critics and Tout Paris -- Opera and cultural hegemony -- Epilogue: Background and impact of the librettists. |
| Abstract | Before the Great War, the opera was the most exclusive salon in Paris, rendezvous of the elites of the Belle Epoque. This work explores the social and political content of the opera and Opera-Comique repertoires as they responded to the ideological requirements of aristocratic and bourgeois audiences, to the political interests of Third Republic politicians who subsidized and supervised the opera, and to the ideas of prominent composers and librettists. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-258) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 96035897 |
| ISBN | 0820436968 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780820436968 (alk. paper) |