Main entry:

Fulcher, Jane F.

Title & Author:

The nation's image : French grand opera as politics and politicized art / Jane F. Fulcher.

Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Description:

x, 280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index.
Introduction -- La Muette de Portici and the new politics of opera -- The politics of grand opera's rise and decline -- Radicalization, repression, and opera: Mayerbeer's Le Prophète -- Politicized attacks on grand opera and the genesis of alternative models -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Plot synopses.

Summary:

French grand opera, this book argues, was a different and more complex kind of theater than we ordinarily suppose. Focusing on the period of grand opera's rise, its dominance, and its final decline, this book shows that it was a subtly used tool of the state. Using the Opera's archives, the author analyzes the mechanism and goals of state intervention in the theatre and how these underwent subtle change. As she demonstrates, the official framework helped to shape not only the nature of artistic development, but also politicized the theatrical experience itself. Although concerned with the audience's understanding of the operas, this book is not narrowly a 'reception history'. Rather, it is an attempt to see the part played by grand opera in a specific social and cultural context--how it arose within larger structures and in turn reacted back finally upon them.

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ISBN:

0521327741
9780521327749

Subject:

Opéra national de Paris 19e siècle.
Opera France.
Music Social aspects.
Opera France History 19th century.
Opéra France.
Musique Aspect social.
Opera
Opera's.
Sociale geschiedenis.
Opera France 19th century.
Music Political aspects France.
Opéra Aspect social France 19e siècle.
Théâtre et État France 19e siècle.
Opéra France 19e siècle.
Musique Aspect social France 19e siècle.
Musique Aspect politique France 19e siècle.
France
France Opera Political aspects, 1800-1900

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 143646
Call No.: ID:87-B10451
Status: Available