Louis-Ferdinand Hérold and the Romantic Opéra-Comique

Robert Ignatius Letellier, Nicholas Lester Fuller (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

599 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
9781036448417 (ISBN)

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This study examines the life and work of Louis-Ferdinand Hérold (1791-1833), famous for the operas Marie (1826), Zampa (1831) and Le Pré aux clercs (1832), as well as for the ballets La Somnambule (1827) and La Fille mal gardée (1828). In these works, Hérold contributed to the flowering of the Romantic opéra-comique and the early Romantic ballet in Paris from the late 1820s. Hérold increased the importance of the orchestra and sought for greater depth of Romantic feeling without forfeiting a Gallic lightness of manner. Le Pré aux clercs became one of the most performed of all French operas. The composer's biography and artistic achievements are considered. These are examined with contributions from the vibrant musical criticism of the contemporary Parisian press and the iconography associated with him.

Robert Ignatius Letellier lives in Cambridge, UK, and is a member of Trinity College and the Institute of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall. He has written extensively about the opera and ballet of the 19th century, especially on Meyerbeer, Auber, Halévy, Adam and Minkus, as well as source books on opéra-comique and operetta; also on aspects of Romantic literature (the Gothic Novel, Sir Walter Scott) and Scriptural studies (the Bible in word, art and music). Nicholas Lester Fuller is a journalist living in Canberra, Australia. He grew up in Belgium, and studied literature and history at the Australian National University and Sydney University, Australia. He has a particular love of opera, and a specialist engagement with French opera of the 19th century. He has written articles on Massenet, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Reyer, and Hérold for MusicWeb International, and reviewed for Limelight, the Australian classical music magazine.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.06.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
ISBN-13	9781036448417 / 9781036448417
Zustand	Neuware