Synopses & Reviews
Parisian theatrical, artistic, social, and political life comes alive in Mark Everist's impressive institutional history of the Paris Odand#233;on, an opera house that flourished during the Bourbon Restoration. Everist traces the complete arc of the Odand#233;on's short but highly successful life from ascent to triumph, decline, and closure. He outlines the role it played in expanding operatic repertoire and in changing the face of musical life in Paris.
Everist reconstructs the political power structures that controlled the world of Parisian music drama, the internal administration of the theater, and its relationship with composers and librettists, and with the city of Paris itself. His rich depiction of French cultural life and the artistic contexts that allowed the Odand#233;on to flourish highlights the benefit of close and innovative examination of society's institutions.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-316) and index.
About the Author
Mark Everist is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton. He is the author of French Motets in the Thirteenth Century: Music, Poetry, and Genre (1994) and Polyphonic Music in Thirteenth-Century France (1989), as well as editor of three of the volumes in the series Le Magnus liber organi de Notre-Dame de Paris.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Tables
Music Examples
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: The Institution
1.Un dand#233;lassement honnand#234;te et instructif: The City and Music Drama in Restoration Paris
2. Land#8217;obligation de jouer le rand#233;pertoire du premier ordre: Repertory, Infrastructure and Management at the Odand#233;on
3. Cet ensemble si harmonieux et si parfait: The Odand#233;onand#8217;s Personnel
4. La fand#233;rule sand#233;vand#232;re et souvent capricieuse: Control and Consumption
Part Two: The Repertory
5. Une heure and#224; land#8217;opand#233;ra-comique: Occasional Works
6. Rendre service and#224; notre scand#232;ne lyrique: The Pasticcio
7. Le fruit dand#233;fendu: Opand#233;ra Comique and the French Tradition
8. Les heureux and#233;trangers: Italian Music Drama
9. Une leand#231;on de morale: German Music Drama
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index