The Urbanization of Opera
Subtitle: Music Theater in Paris in the Nineteenth Century
Contributors: Mary Whittall (Translator)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: August 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 526
ISBN-13: 9780226288574
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Urban communities; Opera; Music; Music/Songbooks; Europe; Europe - General; Genres & Styles - Opera; Music / Opera; 19th century; France; Paris; Social aspects
First sentence: The Paris Opera: commissioned by Napoleon III and designed by Charles Garnier, it rears majestically at the top of the avenue de l'Opera where it seizes the attention of every visitor to Paris.