, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2011 hardcover, Pages: 394 pages, Size:210 x 270 mm, Language(s):English, French. *new. ISBN 9782503527819.
The subject of this book, edited by Lorenzo Frass , is the Op ra-comique as an art form, compositional genre, institution and production process. The volume will consist of a close examination of the genre of the Op ra-comique and the great masterpieces and artists who have sustained this form of musical theatre and prevented it from falling into oblivion. The freedom given to authors in selecting the subject of their contribution has made it possible to bring together subjects that appear disparate, but which are in fact complementary and indispensable to all who wish to investigate the Op ra-comique?s varying facets, and also receive a comprehensive overview. The collection of essays encompasses the heterogeneous world of institutions, traditions, works and composers that can be assimilated into the frame of ?Op ra-comique?. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Olivier Bara, Influence et d tournement du m lodrame dans le livret d?op ra-comique, des lendemains de la R volution la Restauration ? Jean-Christophe Branger, 'Le Portrait de Manon' de Massenet ou les miroirs du pass ? David Charlton, Sight Meets Sound: Fifty Years of Musical Scenography at the Op ra-Comique ? Alexandre Dratwicki, 'Zampa' ou l?op ra-comique selon H rold? ? Mark Everist, Between Op ra-Comique and Op ra-National: Scribe, Va z and Boisselot c1850 ? Vincent Giroud, Gounod and 'op ra-comique' ? Arnold Jacobshagen, A National Genre in an International Context: 'Op ra-comique' in Nineteenth-Century Europe ? Herv Lacombe, L?op ra-comique au xixe si cle: Un genre d fini par sa l gislation ? Rapha lle Legrand, Rameau parodi dans les op ras-comiques: la notion d?auteur au risque du vaudeville ? Jean-S bastien Macke, Repr senter le r el l?op ra: artifices naturalistes Alfred Bruneau et Emile Zola (1891-1893) ? Michela Niccolai, Albert Carr et le projet du th tre lyrique populaire (1904) ? Dani le Pistone, Contribution a la titrologie scenique parisienne: les appellations g n riques au th tre de l?Op ra-Comique de 1762 1972 ? Bertrand Porot, Aux origines de l?op ra-comique: tude musicale du 'Th tre de la Foire' de Lesage et d?Orneval (1713-1734) ? Laure Schnapper, Op ra-comique et variations pianistiques en France sous la Monarchie de juillet ? Lesley A. Wright, The Directors of the Op ra-Comique (1870-1900): Responsibility and Opportunity