Gluck and the French Theatre in Vienna

Name: Gluck and the French Theatre in Vienna
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ISBN: 9780193164154

ISBN-10: 0193164159

ISBN-13: 9780193164154

Edition: 1991

Authors: Bruce Alan Brown

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In this richly illustrated study, the Viennese reform of opera and ballet is placed in the context of Christoph Gluck's decade-long involvement with the city's first French theatre, established in 1752. Following a detailed examination of the institutional and cultural frameworks of theatrical life in Maria Theresia's capital (drawing upon important new documentary sources), and of the interaction between Parisian and Viennese repertories, each of the areas of Gluck's activity in the Burgtheater--concerts, opera-comique, and ballet--and their products are examined in turn. Such masterworks as Orfeo ed Euridice and Don Juan are shown to be intimately connected with the regular musical…

Book details

List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/23/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 556
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.51" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English