Popular opera in eighteenth-century France : music and entertainment before the Revolution / David Charlton.
| Author/creator | Charlton, David, 1946- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | ©2022 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xxiv, 368 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Music and Spoken Theatre -- Music in Gherardi's Company -- Singing and Acting at Home -- Opéra-comique en vaudevilles -- Experiences of Popular Theatre -- Comic and Serious Themes -- Performance as History -- Musical Expansion -- Italian Inroads : the King's Company -- Six Methods of Synthesis -- A 'Musico-Dramatic Art' -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | "Popular opera deserves a history, if only to reveal the origins of today's flourishing musical theatre. Operas with spoken dialogue originated in Paris as well as London, some years before The Beggar's Opera. In both countries a tradition of social critique was inscribed from the first. The vaudeville tradition has changed, but its roots are not actually remote: Marie-Justine Favart, the legendary singer, writer and actress discussed in Chapter 10, created the role of Roxelane in Soliman II, a musical play by Charles-Simon Favart: 'The last Roxelane on stage was Madeleine Renaud (1900-94) [...] also one of the first performers in plays by Samuel Beckett (1906-89) and Marguerite Duras (1914-96).'"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 10, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Charlton, David, 1946- Popular opera in eighteenth-century France Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781316515846 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021034475 |
| ISBN | 9781009026734 ebook |
| ISBN | 1009026739 ebook |
| ISBN | 9781009032858 ebook |
| ISBN | 1009032852 ebook |
| ISBN | 9781009032667 ebook |
| ISBN | 1009032666 ebook |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| Standard identifier# | 10.1017/9781009026734 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |