UID:
almafu_9960963241002883
Format:
1 online resource (xxiii, 312 pages) :
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illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
0-19-069483-1
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0-19-088350-2
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0-19-069482-3
Series Statement:
Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
Content:
'Carmen and the Staging of Spain' explores the Belle Époque fascination with Spanish entertainment that refashioned Bizet's opera and gave rise to an international 'Carmen industry'. Michael Christoforidis and Elizabeth Kertesz challenge the notion of Carmen as an unchanging exotic construct, tracing the ways in which performers and productions responded to evolving fashions for Spanish style from its 1875 premiere to 1915. Focusing on selected realizations of the opera in Paris, London, and New York, Christoforidis and Kertesz explore the cycles of influence between the opera and its parodies; adaptations in spoken drama, ballet and film; and the panorama of flamenco, Spanish dance, and musical entertainments. Their findings also uncover Carmen's dynamic interaction with issues of Hispanic identity against the backdrop of Spain's changing international fortunes.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2018.
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Prelude : The Spains of Paris, Mérimée, and Bizet's Carmen -- Part I. Carmen's Early Escapades (1875-90): 1. Premiere and revival : Paris, Galli-Marié, and Spanish affairs ; 2. Impersonating Carmen in Victorian London -- Part II. Spain Discovers Carmen (1887-91): 3. Dueling Carmens in Madrid ; 4. Profusion and parody in Barcelona -- Part III. Authenticating Carmen in the Age of Verismo (1889-1908): 5. Gypsy primitivism and the rise of Emma Calvé ; 6. Transatlantic Carmens in dance and drama ; 7. Finding a Spanish voice for Carmen : Elena Fons and Maria Gay -- Part IV. Carmen as Popular Entertainment (1900-15): 8. Carmen's music-hall embrace ; 9. Reproducting Carmen in the United States : Geraldine Farrar, the Met, and beyond.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-538456-3
Language:
English
