Gluck and the French Theatre in Vienna

by Bruce Alan Brown

In this richly illustrated study, the Viennese reform of opera and ballet is placed in the context of Christoph Gluck's decade-long involvement with the city's first French theatre, established in 1752. Following a detailed examination of the institutional and cultural frameworks of theatrical life in Maria Theresia's capital (drawing upon important new documentary sources), and of the interaction between Parisian and Viennese repertories, each of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0193164159
• ISBN13: 9780193164154
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"