French grand opera and the historical imagination
By: Sarah Hibberd.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780521885621
Subjects: Opera -- France -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics, history, opera; title: Muette de Portici : reliving the past; title: Gustave III : politics as spectacle; title: Stradella : legitimising the myth; title: Charles VI : creating the future; title: Le prophète : the end of history?