MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL LIFE OF PARIS AND EARLY OPERAS OF F. HALÉVY (THE 20-IES OF THE 19TH CENTURY) Cover Image

МУЗЫКАЛЬНО-ТЕАТРАЛЬНАЯ ЖИЗНЬ ПАРИЖА И РАННИЕ ОПЕРЫ Ф. ГАЛЕВИ (20-е годы ХІХ века)
MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL LIFE OF PARIS AND EARLY OPERAS OF F. HALÉVY (THE 20-IES OF THE 19TH CENTURY)

Author(s): Elena Enskaja
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Music
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pomorskiej w Słupsku
Keywords: French opera; works of F. Halévy; comic opera; opera house; theatrical repertoire

Summary/Abstract: The article gives a broad overview of the repertoire of opera theatres of Paris during the twenties of the 19th century, analyzes some of the processes of the opera genre renewal. The creative connections of F. Halévy with the representatives of the theatre world, who played at an early stage a decisive role in the creative destiny of the composer (J. Rossini, J. Pixerecourt, G. Saint-Georges, M. Schlesinger) are revealed.The information on the history and fate of the first operas of F. Halévy Two pavilions, Pygmalion, Herostrat, Craftsman is provided. The composition, the principles of musical characteristics of the characters, the peculiarities of the musical language of Two pavilions and Craftsman are analyzed.The connection of the early works of Halévy with the socio-political life of the country, the general thrust of the development of musical culture of France and new trends that have emerged in the twenties (the development of the genre of lyrical comedy about the lives of ordinary people, the opera about the representatives of different professions, an ap- peal to the provincial cultures) is established.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 75-90
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian