Building the Operatic Museum: Eighteenth-Century Opera in Fin-de-Siècle Paris PDF
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Building the F ocusing on the operas of Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau, Building the Operatic Museum examines the role that eighteenth- OO pp ee rr aa tt ii cc MM uu ss ee uu mm century works played in the opera houses of Paris around the turn of the twentieth century. These works, mostly neglected during the nineteenth century, became the main exhibits in what William Gibbons calls the Operatic Museum—a physical and conceptual space in which great masterworks from the past and present could, like works of visual art in the Louvre, entertain audiences while educating them in their own history and national identity. Drawing on the fields of musicology, museum stud- ies, art history, and literature, Gibbons explores how this “museum” BUILDING transformed Parisian musical theater into a place of cultural memory, dedicated to the display of French musical greatness. THE E I G HTE E NTH- OPERATIC “ Gibbons’s well-written study of the productions of eighteenth-century C E NTU RY operas in late nineteenth-century Paris considers broad issues of MUSEUM edition-making, nationalist interpretation, allegorical readings, and O P E R A I N value judgment. An important addition to critical reflections on canon building.” —steven huebner, McGill University GIBBONS F I N-D E-S IÈC L E PA R I S WILLIAM GIBBONS is assistant professor of cover iMage: Homage to Mozart, W I L L I A M 1917, by Raoul Dufy. © ARS, NY. musicology at Texas Christian University. Album / Art Resource, NY. G I B B O N S 668 Mt. Hope Avenue Rochester, NY 14620-2731, USA P.O. Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK www.urpress.coM Building the Operatic Museum GGiibbbboonnss..iinndddd ii 55//77//22001133 66::1144::3344 PPMM Eastman Studies in Music Ralph P. 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GGiibbbboonnss..iinndddd iiii 55//77//22001133 66::1155::0044 PPMM Building the Operatic Museum Eighteenth-Century Opera in Fin-de-Siècle Paris William Gibbons GGiibbbboonnss..iinndddd iiiiii 55//77//22001133 66::1155::0044 PPMM Copyright © 2013 by William Gibbons All rights reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation, no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded, or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2013 University of Rochester Press 668 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA www.urpress.com and Boydell & Brewer Limited PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK www.boydellandbrewer.com ISBN-13: 978-1-58046-400-0 ISSN: 1071-9989 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gibbons, William (William James), author. Building the operatic museum : eighteenth-century opera in fin-de-siècle Paris / William Gibbons. pages cm. — (Eastman studies in music, ISSN 1071-9989 ; v. 99) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58046-400-0 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 1. Opera—France— Paris—19th century. 2. Opera—18th century. 3. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756–1791—Criticism and interpretation. 4. Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714–1787—Criticism and interpretation. 5. Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683–1764—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series: Eastman studies in music ; v. 99. ML1727.4.G53 2013 792.50944'361—dc23 2013006028 A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library. This publication is printed on acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America. GGiibbbboonnss..iinndddd iivv 55//77//22001133 66::1155::0044 PPMM For my mother GGiibbbboonnss..iinndddd vv 55//77//22001133 66::1155::0044 PPMM GGiibbbboonnss..iinndddd vvii 55//77//22001133 66::1155::0044 PPMM Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 Museums 8 Part One: Mozart 2 Restorations 23 3 (De)Translations 47 4 Transitions 60 Part Two: Gluck 5 Resurrections 83 6 Tragedies 106 7 Symbols 120 Part Three: Rameau 8 Monuments 145 9 Quarrels 163 10 Archaeologies 177 Notes 197 Bibliography 251 Index 263 GGiibbbboonnss..iinndddd vviiii 55//77//22001133 66::1155::0044 PPMM GGiibbbboonnss..iinndddd vviiiiii 55//77//22001133 66::1155::0044 PPMM Illustrations Examples 8.1 Excerpt from the Entrance of the Zephyrs, Hippolyte et Aricie, act 5 159 8.2 Excerpt from the Entrance of the Zephyrs, Hippolyte et Aricie, act 5, without d’Indy’s additions 160 Figures 1.1 “Paris: Inauguration of the Opéra, 1875” (ca. 1890–ca. 1900) 12 2.1 Paris illustré, October 29, 1887. Cover after portrait of Gounod by Delaunay 35 2.2 Jean-Antoine Watteau, The French Comedians (1721–22) 42 3.1 Edmond Clément as Tamino 52 3.2 Lucien Fugere as Papageno 53 6.1 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Hope (1872) 114 7.1 Félia Litvinne as Alceste 129 7.2 Félia Litvinne as Isolde 130 7.3 Gustave Moreau, Orpheus at the Tomb of Eurydice (ca. 1891) 133 7.4 Alexandre Séon, Lamentation of Orpheus (1896) 136 7.5 Jean Delville, Orpheus (1893) 136 7.6 Marie Delna as Orphée, ca. 1896 138 10.1 Costume from Hippolyte et Aricie (1742?) 180 10.2 Jean-François Delmas as Thésée 181 10.3 Costume from Hippolyte et Aricie (1742?) 182 10.4 Designs for Castor et Pollux (1918) 192 GGiibbbboonnss..iinndddd iixx 55//77//22001133 66::1155::0044 PPMM
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