French Opera at the Fin De Sicle

Author	Steven Huebner
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9780195189544
Publisher	Oxford University Press, Usa
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press, Usa

This book is about the operatic repertoire written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. It is written in an accessible and colorful manner and covers such favorites as Manon and Werther by Massenet, Louise by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's Le Roi malgre lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.

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 malgre lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.