focus is on the themes of light and dark. Ariane “lights the way out of the cas-
tle.” She is a creature of a popular French image of the time, in which truth
takes the form of a naked woman emerging from a dark well.Egidio Duni (1708–1775)
In FO: La peintre amoureux de son modèleandL’isle des faux,v.52; Les deux chas-
seurs et la laitièreand La fée urgèle,v.53.
- Smith, K. M. “Egidio Duni and the Development of the opéra-comiquefrom
1753 to 1770.” Ph.D. diss., Cornell U., 1980. xiv, 348p.
See also Holmes (#1414).
Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904)
- Dvorák, Antonín. Complete Edition = Souborné vydáni. Prague: Supraphon,
1955–. M3 .D93.
All the stage works to be included in v.1–13. Four have been seen: The Jacobin,
Rusalka, The Devil and Kate,and The Spectre’s Bride.Full scores, with words
in Czech, German, and English. Brief information on sources and variants, in
four languages. - Clapham, John. Dvorák.2nd ed. New York: Norton, 1979. 238p. ISBN 0-
3930-1204-2. ML410 .D9 C58.
A biography, with program notes on the operas. Bibliography of some 200
entries, worklist, chronology, name index. - Smaczny, J. A. “A Study of the First Six Operas of Antonín Dvorák.” Ph.D.
diss., U. of Oxford, 1989. - Schläder, Jürgen. “Märchenoper oder symbolisches Musikdrama? Zum Inter-
pretations Rahmen der Titelrolle in Dvoráks Rusalka.” Musikforschung 34
(1981): 25–39.
Considers recent stagings in the light of the sources of the story: Hans Chris-
tian Anderson’s Little Mermaidand Friedrich de la Motte Fouque’s Undine.
Productions should not overemphasize the fairy-tale aspects.
Werener Egk (1901–1983)
- Krause, Ernst. Werner Egk: Oper und Ballett. Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichs-
hafen, 1971. 232p. ISBN 3-7959-0093-0. ML410 .E2 K9.
Genesis, plots, and technical notes on the operas, with musical examples.
Worklist, discography, index.
824.Werner Egk.Ed. Alfred Boswald. Komponist in Bayern, 29. Tutzing: Schnei-
der, 1997. 232p. ISBN 3-7952-0866-1. ML410 .E34 W47.
Essays by various authors. One is an extended treatment of the operas: Helga-
Maria Palm-Beulich, “Welttheater in sieben Akten: AZu den Opern Werner
Egks,” 66–146. It offers genesis and technical analyses with musical examples.
The book has a worklist, bibliography of about 60 entries, discography, and
index.
Werener Egk 165