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French Opera at the Fin de Siecle: Wagnerism, Nationalism, and Style
By Steven Huebner
544 pages
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- Oxford University Press
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
- Publication year:
- 1999
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Synopsis
This is the first book-length study of the rich operatic repertory written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Steven Huebner gives an accessible and colorful account of such operatic favorites as Manon and Werther by Massenet, Louise by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's Le Roi malgre lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Preface vii
- Contents xi
- Contents xiii
- Contents xiv
- Abbreviations xvii
- Introduction: the Business and Politics of Opera in Fin-De-Siéle Paris 1
- Part I - Jules Massenet 23
- 1 - The Ascent of Massenet 25
- 2 - Manon 45
- 3 - Around an American Muse 73
- 4 - Esclarmonde 82
- 5 - Massenet at the Apex 102
- 7 - Thaïs 135
- 8 - Massenet Emasculated 160
- Part II - Ambivalent Wagnerians and Conservative Renewal 167
- Title Page iii
- Preface vii
- Contents xi
- Contents xiii
- Contents xiv
- Abbreviations xvii
- Introduction: the Business and Politics of Opera in Fin-De-Siéle Paris 1
- Part I - Jules Massenet 23
- 1 - The Ascent of Massenet 25
- 2 - Manon 45
- 3 - Around an American Muse 73
- 4 - Esclarmonde 82
- 5 - Massenet at the Apex 102
- 7 - Thaïs 135
- 8 - Massenet Emasculated 160
- Part II - Ambivalent Wagnerians and Conservative Renewal 167
- 9 - Ernest Reyer as Berliozian 169
- 10 - Sigurd 178
- 11 - Camille Saint-Saëns, Gounod, and the Wagnerians 195
- 12 - Saint-Saëns on the Cusp 206
- 13 - Henry VIII 213
- 14 - Édouard Lalo: Wagnerian Malgré Lui 231
- 15 - Le Roi D'Ys 235
- Part III - Wagnerian Renewal 253
- 16 - Emmanuel Chabrier: Wagnerian of the First Hour 255
- 17 - Gwendoline 269
- 18 - Le Roi Malgré Lui 286
- 19 - Vincent D'Indy and Moral Order 301
- 20 - The Franckiste as Wagner Critic 308
- 21 - Fervaal 317
- 22 - The Apotheosis of Ernest Chausson 351
- 23 - Le Roi Arthus 359
- Part IV - Realist Opera 393
- 24 - Alfred Bruneau and Émile Zola 395
- 25 - L'Attaque Du Moulin 412
- 26 - Bohemian Montmartre, Anarchism, and Gustave Charpentier 426
- 27 - Louise 436
- Epilogue by Way of Pelléas Et Mélisande 468
- Appendix: Plot Summaries 480
- Selected Bibliography 506
- Index 515