Opera

vocale profane,” and indexes (really classified lists of articles in the volume) of names, terms, and topics. Benoit, Marcelle. ...

Lists of works performed from 1552 in all Paris theaters, with names of casts and much detail. The Nouveau Théâtre Italien is es ...

Early ballet and opera are covered in this landmark study: La Valière, Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc, duc de. Ballets, opera ...

Charlton, David. “Opéra-comiqueand the Computer.” In Grétry(#927), 367–378. Describes the database established in 1989 at U. of ...

Prunières, Henry. L’opéra italien en France avant Lulli. Paris: Champion, 512p. ML1727.2 .P9. Reprint, Geneva: Minkoff, 1974, a ...

The Italian incursions actually had begun a century earlier: Zaslaw, Neal. “The First Opera in Paris: A Study in the Politics o ...

Lesure, François. L’opéra classique français, 17e et 18e siècles. Iconographie musicale, 1. Geneva: Minkoff, 1972. vi, 121p. IS ...

tool of the state.” Essentially a cultural history, with attention to audience responses. Thoroughly documented, with strong bib ...

Wild, Nicole. Dictionnaire des théâtres parisiens au XIXe siècle: Les théâtres et la musique.Domaine musicologique, 4. Paris: A ...

Cities and Regions The next sections identify works about specific opera companies. Certain difficulties are presented by this l ...

First edition, 1981. Accounts of some 1,100 female singers who performed for the company from 1671 to 1987, listed in chronologi ...

Desarbres, Nérée. Deux siècles à l’Opéra (1669–1868): Chronique anecdo- tique, artistique, excentrique, pittoresque et galante. ...

Pierre-Montan Berton.” A long genesis account of the opera, plot, and produc- tion details. Silviewas one of the first operas to ...

Considers about 500 operas performed in French theaters, identifying and illustrating costumes and scenic features. Names person ...

to 1850; biographies of scenographers; 489 backnotes; bibliography of about 150 items; name index. Kahane, Martine. Les artiste ...

Cucuel, Georges. “Sources et documents pour servir a l’histoire de l’Opéra- Comique en France.” L’année musicale3 (1913): 247–2 ...

gained membership in the orchestra, the performance forces, conducting prac- tice, and the increased use of the chorus after 176 ...

Parfaict, François, and Claude Parfaict. Histoire de l’ancien theatre italien depuis son origine en France jusqu’à sa suppressi ...

Deierkauf-Holsboer, Sophie-Wilma. Le Théâtre du Marais. Paris: Nizet, 1954–1958. 2v. PN2636 .P3 T47. The theater opened in 1634 ...

Société Française d’Imprimerie et de la Librairie, 1906. xxvi, 213p. Reprint, Geneva: Minkoff, 1972. ISBN 2-8266-0350-7. ML270.8 ...