Laurence Senelick

Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring musical theatre, nineteenth-century culture, modern stagecraft, and the development of modern sexual mores, this book presents a global view of the influence of Offenbach and his comic operas. The volume demonstrates his central role in theatrical innovation and his impact on wider society and culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9781108814027
• ISBN-10: 1108814026
• Artikelnr.: 59382332

Autorenporträt

Laurence Senelick is Fletcher Professor of Drama and Oratory at Tufts University, Massachusetts, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His numerous books include the award-winning Gordon Craig's Moscow 'Hamlet' (1982), The Age and Stage of George L. Fox (1988), The Changing Room: Sex, Drag, and Theatre (2000), and The Chekhov Theatre: A Century of the Plays in Performance (Cambridge, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The French connection
2. Wagner, Nietzsche, and the polemics of opera
3. Tales from the Vienna stage
4. Against the Victorian grain
5. The discovery of America
6. Caviar with the champagne
7. Doing the Continental
8. South of the equator, east of Suez
9. A Max Reinhardt production
10. Red stars
11. French without tears
12. English as she is spoke
13. Rebirth from the ruins
14. Conclusion: taking Offenbach seriously.