Rossini and post-Napoleonic Europe /
This book examines Rossini within the context of his own time, one of Napoleonic domination of Italy, restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in Naples in 1815, and the 1830 Revolution in Paris. Using thetechniques of the historian, and reading librettos as texts, the author analyzes the five operas tre...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Eastman studies in music ;
v. 126. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Setting the stage : opera buffa and comedy of manners in an age of democratic revolution
- Rossini, Mozart, Paisiello, and the Barber of Seville
- Jane Austen, Goya, Rossini, and the post-Napoleonic age : La Cenerentola
- Rossini, Beethoven, and rescue opera : Fidelio and La gazza ladra
- Rossini, Ferretti, Matilde di Shabran, and the revolution of 1820-21
- Stendhal and Rossini in Paris : Il viaggio a reims, Le comte Ory, and the July Revolution.
