Saint-Saëns and the Stage
Operas, Plays, Pageants, a Ballet and a Film
Series: Cambridge Studies in Opera;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 14 March 2019
- ISBN 9781108426381
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages446 pages
- Size 253x182x25 mm
- Weight 1050 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 17 b/w illus. 186 music examples 3
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Short description:
The first major study of Saint-Sa&&&235;ns's stage music, timed to coincide with revivals of his operas on stage.
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The stage works of Saint-Sa&&&235;ns range from grand open-air pageants to one-act comic operas, and include the first composed film score. Yet, with the exception of Samson et Dalila, his twelve operas have lain in the shadows since the composer's death in 1921. Widely performed in his lifetime, they vanished from the repertory - never played, never recorded - until now. With four twenty-first-century revivals as a backdrop, this timely book is the first study of Saint-Sa&&&235;ns's operas, demonstrating the presence of the same breadth and versatility as in his better known works. Hugh Macdonald's wide knowledge of French music in the nineteenth century gives a powerful understanding of the different conventions and expectations that governed French opera at the time. The interaction of Saint-Sa&&&235;ns with his contemporaries is a colourful and important part of the story.
'While Saint-Sa&&&235;ns as an opera composer is primarily remembered today for Samson et Dalila, his other works for the stage have been given short shrift by critics and performers. Macdonald decisively changes this historiographical trend. He makes a brilliant case not only for the cultural significance of the Saint-Sa&&&235;ns operas, but also for their viability in modern revival. This is an accessible account, one deeply aware of context and sensitive to musical style. Macdonald not only gives attention to the genesis and performance history of the works, but in particular lavishes special attention on what makes them compelling to the listener. Saint-Sa&&&235;ns was one of the great musical virtuosos of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European culture. This book is a virtuoso performance worthy of its subject.' Steven Huebner, James McGill Professor, McGill University, Montreal
Table of Contents:
1. Preparations for opera, Le Duc de Parme; 2. Le Timbre d'argent; 3. Samson et Dalila; 4. La Princesse jaune; 5. Etienne Marcel; 6. Henry VIII; 7. Proserpine; 8. Ascanio; 9. La Crampe des &&&233;crivains, Phryn&&&233;; 10. Antigone, Fr&&&233;d&&&233;gonde; 11. Javotte, D&&&233;janire; 12. Lola, Les Barbares; 13. Parysatis, Botrioc&&&233;phale, Andromaque, Le Roi Ap&&&233;pi, H&&&233;l&&&232;ne; 14. L'Anc&&&234;tre, La Foi; 15. L'Assassinat du Duc de Guise, D&&&233;janire, On ne badine pas avec l'amour; 16. Saint-Sa&&&235;ns the Dramatist.
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