Il piccolo Marat
1164.“Il piccolo Marat”: Storia e rivoluzione nel melodramma verista. Atti del 3°
Convegno di Studi su Pietro Mascagni. Ed. Piero Ostali and Nandi Ostali.
Milan: Sonzogno, 1990. 141p. No ISBN. ML410 .M19 C66.
Consists of 10 papers from a conference in Livorno, 9–10 June 1989. They
deal with dramaturgical and scenic aspects, the musical language, and the rela-
tion between the opera and the historical-patriotic tradition of the time in
Italy. Name and title index.For material on Guglielmo Ratcliffand Parisinasee Maehder in Reading Opera
(#2476).
Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
Le roi de Lahoreand Hérodiadeare in ASO187 (1998).
- Irvine, Demar. Massenet: A Chronicle of His Life and Times.Seattle: Author,
- 483p. (Typescript.) ML410 .M41 I72.
Biography, letters, genealogy—a good footnoted introduction to the com-
poser’s life. Then, for 27 operas, plots, premiere data and reviews, and edi-
tions. Table of Paris performances, 1867–1915. Bibliography of about 100
items, worklist, expansive index of names. - Harding, James. Massenet.London: Dent, 1970. 229p. ISBN 460-03928-8.
ML410 .M41 H1.
A popular biography, with program notes on the operas. Worklist, list of the
operas with premiere casts and other facts. Bibliography of about 100 items,
name and title index. - Finck, Henry T. Massenet and His Operas. London: John Lane, 1910. 245p.
ML410 .M41 F4.
Much detail on performance history makes this older book worth consulting.
It also includes biographical information and a good expansive index but is
not documented.
Individual Works
Le Cid
ASO161 (1994).
Don Quichotte
ASO93 (1986).
Esclaramonde
ASO148 (1992).
Griselda
ASO148 (1992).
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