Massenet's Manon
Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Published: 2008-01-30
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1102009113
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Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Published: 2008-01-30
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1102009113
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jules Massenet
Publisher: Calder Publications Limited
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide opens with a general survey of Massenet's career and continues with two essays about the opera 'Manon' in particular. Professor Hugh Macdonald explores the interplay of speech and song in this opera and Massenet's genius for comedy. Professor Vivienne Mylne traces the sources of Prévost's novel, setting it in the context of other racy, supposedly improving, 18th century novels of the seduction and ruin of women.
Author: Giacomo Puccini
Publisher:
Published: 1894
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 1930841078
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive guide to Massenet's MANON, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer.
Author: Demar Irvine
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781574670240
DOWNLOAD EBOOK(Amadeus). This superbly detailed biography examines the life of Jules Massenet (1842-1912), who was at the heart of Parisian musical life during a period of extraordinary artistic vitality.
Author: Steven Huebner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006-02-02
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780199719921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book-length study of the rich operatic repertory written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Steven Huebner gives an accessible and colorful account of such operatic favorites as Manon and Werther by Massenet, Louise by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's Le Roi malgré lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.
Author: Karen Henson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-01-15
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1107004268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOpera Acts explores a wealth of new historical material about singers in the late nineteenth century and challenges the idea that this was a period of decline for the opera singer. In detailed case studies of four figures - the late Verdi baritone Victor Maurel; Bizet's first Carmen, Célestine Galli-Marié; Massenet's muse of the 1880s and 1890s, Sibyl Sanderson; and the early Wagner star Jean de Reszke - Karen Henson argues that singers in the late nineteenth century continued to be important, but in ways that were not conventionally 'vocal'. Instead they enjoyed a freedom and creativity based on their ability to express text, act and communicate physically, and exploit the era's media. By these and other means, singers played a crucial role in the creation of opera up to the end of the nineteenth century.
Author: abbé Prévost
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Published: 1899
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSet in France and Louisiana in the early 18th century, the story follows the hero, the Chevalier des Grieux, and his lover, Manon Lescaut. Des Grieux comes from a noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the disappointment of his father by running away with Manon. In Paris, the young lovers enjoy a blissful cohabitation, while Des Grieux struggles to satisfy Manon's taste for luxury. He scrounges together money by borrowing from his unwaveringly loyal friend Tiberge and by cheating gamblers. On several occasions, Des Grieux's wealth evaporates (by theft, in a house fire, etc.), prompting Manon to leave him for a richer man because she cannot stand the thought of living in penury. The two lovers finally end up in New Orleans, to which Manon has been deported as a prostitute, where they pretend to be married and live in idyllic peace for a while. But when Des Grieux reveals their unmarried state to the Governor and asks to be wed with Manon, the Governor's nephew sets his sights on winning Manon's hand. In despair, Des Grieux challenges the Governor's nephew to a duel and knocks him unconscious. Thinking he had killed the man and fearing retribution, the couple flee New Orleans and venture into the wilderness of Louisiana, hoping to reach an English settlement. Manon dies of exposure and exhaustion the following morning and, after burying his beloved, Des Grieux is eventually taken back to France by Tiberge.
Author: Charles Osborne
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 648
ISBN-13: 9780300123739
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a well-known authority, this book consists of 175 entries that set some of the most popular operas within the context of their composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and more.