Halevy's la JUIVE (the Jewess) Grand Opera in French
Halevy's la JUIVE (the Jewess) Grand Opera in French

Author: Burton D. Fisher

Publisher: Opera Classics Library Series

Published: 2019-07

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781733182058

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A comprehensive new guide to Fromental Halevy's LA JUIVE (The Jewess) featuring Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, a complete new Libretto translation with French-English in parallel, side-by-side, and Burton D. Fisher's in depth and insightful Commentary and Analysis.

The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera
The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera

Author: David Charlton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-04

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 1139825895

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This 2003 Companion is a fascinating and accessible exploration of the world of grand opera. Through this volume a team of scholars and writers on opera examine those important Romantic operas which embraced the Shakespearean sweep of tragedy, history, love in time of conflict, and the struggle for national self-determination. Rival nations, rival religions and violent resolutions are common elements, with various social or political groups represented in the form of operatic choruses. The book traces the origins and development of a style created during an increasingly technical age, which exploited the world-renowned skills of Parisian stage-designers, artists, and dancers as well as singers. It analyses in detail the grand operas by Rossini, Auber, Meyerbeer and Halévy, discusses grand opera in Russia and Germany, and also in the Czech lands, Italy, Britain and the Americas. The volume also includes an essay by the renowned opera director David Pountney.