Title: Opera, state, and society in the Third Republic, 1875-1914
First published: 1998
Description: Before the Great War, the Opera was the most exclusive salon in Paris, rendezvous of the elites of the Belle Epoque. This work explores the social and political content of the Opera and Opera-Comique repertoires as they responded to the ideological requirements of aristocratic and bourgeois audiences, to the political interests of Third Republic politicians who subsidized and supervised the opera, and to the ideas of prominent composers and librettists.
Subjects: History, Music and state, Opera, Opéra de Paris, Opéra-Comique (Paris, France), Political aspects, Political aspects of Opera, Social aspects, Social aspects of Opera, Opera, france, Operas
Places: France, Paris
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century
LC classification: ML1727.8.P2 S78 1998