French Opera at the Fin de Siecle: Wagnerism, Nationalism, and Style

Table of contents

• 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

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