French Opera at the Fin de Siecle

By Steven Huebner

Book Overview

This is the first book-length study of the rich operatic repertory written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Steven Huebner gives an accessible and colorful account of such operatic favorites as Manon and Werther by Massenet, Louise by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's Le Roi malgr lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019518954X
• ISBN13: 9780195189544
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"