Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France. Music and Entertainment before the Revolution, New ed, Hardback

This is the first book for a century to explore the development of French opera with spoken dialogue from its beginnings. David Charlton considers the comedic and musical nature of eighteenth-century popular French opera, exploring topics including performance practices, singers, audience experiences and theatre staging.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Author(s): David Charlton
• Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises
• Number of pages: 350
• Publication date: 2021
• Dimensions: 177 x 251 x 31
• Cover type: Hardback