Grand opéra-petit opéra: Parisian opera and ballet from the Restoration to the Second Empire
The emergence of grand opéra around 1830 resulted in large-scale works in five acts setting libretti largely based on historical subjects that dominated much European stage music until the first world war. But such shifts in generic paradigm came at a price. The repertory of the Paris Opéra was ba...
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