Opera in the age of Rousseau
Subtitle: music, confrontation, realism
By: David Charlton
Series: Cambridge studies in opera; Cambridge studies in opera
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780521887601
Subjects: Opera; Querelle des Bouffons
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Princely theatre. Palaces and patronage : Le devin and the 1754 Alceste ; Acting : from convention to discipline ; The opéra : cycles versus changes ; The reality of pastoral, 1742-1752 ; Le devin du village : a contextual enquiry; title: Opinion. Opera as a subject of debate ; The querelle : 'two ridiculous theses' ; Visions of reform; title: Italian opera for Paris. Travelling opera ; 'A real kick in the backside' : Bambini's performances and their effect ; Creative consequences; title: Towards European integration. New generations, new tastes ; In three acts : from Zaïde to Les paladins ; In three acts : the replacement of Rameau.