Les trois sultanes : a theatrical spectacle /
"In the summer of 1853, the audience at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris was treated to a unique theatrical and musical spectacle: Les trois sultanes (The Three Sultanas), a three-act play in verse with elaborate costumes and sets and entirely new music by Pierre-Julien Nargeot (1799-1891) and...
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| Format: | Musical Score Book |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French words, also printed as text with English translation. |
| Published: |
Middleton, Wisconsin :
A-R Editions, Inc.,
[2025]
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| Series: | Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ;
v. 97. |
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| Summary: | "In the summer of 1853, the audience at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris was treated to a unique theatrical and musical spectacle: Les trois sultanes (The Three Sultanas), a three-act play in verse with elaborate costumes and sets and entirely new music by Pierre-Julien Nargeot (1799-1891) and Jules Creste (1819-84) including elaborate arias sung by Delphine Ugalde (1829-1910), a star of the Opéra-Comique. Les trois sultanes was billed as a comédie mêlée de chant, but its music marked it as something else. In terms of genre, it is much closer to an opéra comique, a work with spoken dialogue and new music, usually by one composer. Although staging something so akin to an opéra comique at the Théâtre des Variétés was technically illegal, the work enjoyed a month's worth of performances there. This volume presents the complete music and text of Les trois sultanes in a critical edition and explores the work as a case study in the "politics of genre" in the Second Empire."-- |
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| Item Description: | First performed in Paris at the Téâtre des Variétés. Libretto by Lockroy (Joseph-Philippe Simon, 1803-1891), a reworking of the play in verse (premiered in 1761), by Charles-Simon Favart. The play was based on a story by Jean-François Marmontel. -- From pages viii-ix. Includes preface, introduction, and critical report in English. |
| Physical Description: | 1 score (lxxiv, 374 pages) ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1987209222 9781987209228 |
| ISSN: | 0193-5364 ; |