ISBN:
0521650860
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 390 S.
,
Ill., Notenbeisp.
Edition:
1. publ.
Year of publication:
2002
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in opera
DDC:
782.1
Keywords:
Halévy, F. 〈1799-1862〉 / Juive
;
Halévy, Fromental 〈1799-1862〉 / Juive
;
Halévy, F. 〈1799-1862〉
;
Halévy, Fromental
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Antisemitisme
;
Antisémitisme - France - Histoire - 19e siècle
;
La Juive (Halévy)
;
Libéralisme - France - Histoire - 19e siècle
;
Opera's
;
Opéra - France - 19e siècle
;
Politieke meningen
;
Antisemitismus
;
Geschichte
;
Antisemitism History 19th century
;
Liberalism History 19th century
;
Opera 19th century
;
Oper
;
Antisemitismus
;
Frankreich
;
Frankreich
;
Halévy, Fromental 1799-1862 La juive
;
Frankreich
;
Oper
;
Antisemitismus
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
Abstract:
"This is the first comprehensive critical study of the nineteenth-century French grand opera La Juive (Paris Opera, 1835), a powerful and successful work by the leading dramatist and librettist, Eugene Scribe, and Conservatoire-trained composer, Fromental Halevy. Hallman explores the politically charged messages of the opera within the context of French social and cultural history. The book addresses the opera's portrayal of religious intolerance and Jewish-Christian conflict in subject, setting, and characterization, viewing the anticlerical thrust of its critique as a reminder of the historical abuses of an autocratic Church and State and as reflection of the era's liberal ideology. It also considers the portrayal of the central Jewish characters in light of literary stereotypes, Jewish "emancipation" and acculturation, and contradictory, antisemitic attitudes toward Jews in French society."--BOOK JACKET.
