Religious themes in French grand opéra
By: Robert Ignatius Letellier
Series: Wort und Musik -- 69; Wort und Musik -- Nr. 69.
Publisher: Mueller-Speiser
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Anif/Salzburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9783902537133
Subjects: Opera; Operas; Literary themes, motives; Music; Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the theme of religion in French grand opéra; title: The nexus of faith, power, love and death in the operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer; title: Old and new covenants : historical and theological contexts in Scribe's and Halévy's La Juive; title: Theological aspects of Scribe's and Meyerbeer's Le prophète.