French Opera at the Fin De Sicle: Wagnerism, Nationalism, and Style

ISBN: 019518954X

Author: Huebner, Steven

Condition: New

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 malgré lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.