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The story of Marie Duplessis, the woman who inspired Verdi's La traviata. A rags-to-riches fairytale, from rural poverty to Parisian stardom, which ended in tragedy but gave rise to some of the most heart-wrenching and lyrical music ever composed.
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The story of Marie Duplessis, the woman who inspired Verdi's La traviata. A rags-to-riches fairytale, from rural poverty to Parisian stardom, which ended in tragedy but gave rise to some of the most heart-wrenching and lyrical music ever composed.
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- Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
- Seitenzahl: 416
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 516g
- ISBN-13: 9780198828297
- ISBN-10: 0198828292
- Artikelnr.: 54089115
- Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
- Seitenzahl: 416
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 516g
- ISBN-13: 9780198828297
- ISBN-10: 0198828292
- Artikelnr.: 54089115
René Weis is a freelance author and Professor of English at University College London. He has a written on a wide variety of subjects, including Edith Thompson (of the infamous 'Thompson and Bywaters' murder case in the 1920s), the last Cathar insurgency in the Pyrenees in the Middle Ages, and a biography of Shakespeare. As a professional Shakespearian, he has published extensively on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, his publications including editions of Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Henry IV Part 2, and an Oxford World's Classics edition of the works of John Webster. A lifelong lover of opera, he also contributes regular pieces to the programmes for Royal Opera House productions.
1: Prologue: A weekend in the country
2: A mother and daughter: 1824-1837
3: L'affaire Plantier: Exmes 1837
4: Working girls in Paris: 1839-1841
5: A fair lady meets Pygmalion: 1840-1841
6: The baby of a traviata: Versailles, May 1841
7: Stallions and flaneurs on the Boulevard des Italiens: 1841-1842
8: An old count in Baden-Baden: July 1842
9: Partying in Paris and London with Antinous: 1842-1843
10: A summer idyll on a bend in the river: 1843
11: Sin and luxury at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: 1844-1847
12: Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez, and Olympe Aguado: 1844-45
13: The pianist, the baroness, and the actress: October 1845-February 1846
14: A registry wedding in London: 21 February 1846
15: A summer sunset in the spas of Europe: 1846
16: Agony and death of a maiden: October 1846-3 February 1847
17: Two winter funerals in Montmartre: February 1847
18: Auction at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: February 1847
19: La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils: 1848
20: La Dame aux Camélias at the Vaudeville: February 1852
21: Verdi and teh Barezzis--The genius of La traviata: 1823-1852
22: La traviata 1853-1854: The apotheosis of Marie Duplessis
23: Epilogue: Memory and myth
Notes
Index
2: A mother and daughter: 1824-1837
3: L'affaire Plantier: Exmes 1837
4: Working girls in Paris: 1839-1841
5: A fair lady meets Pygmalion: 1840-1841
6: The baby of a traviata: Versailles, May 1841
7: Stallions and flaneurs on the Boulevard des Italiens: 1841-1842
8: An old count in Baden-Baden: July 1842
9: Partying in Paris and London with Antinous: 1842-1843
10: A summer idyll on a bend in the river: 1843
11: Sin and luxury at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: 1844-1847
12: Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez, and Olympe Aguado: 1844-45
13: The pianist, the baroness, and the actress: October 1845-February 1846
14: A registry wedding in London: 21 February 1846
15: A summer sunset in the spas of Europe: 1846
16: Agony and death of a maiden: October 1846-3 February 1847
17: Two winter funerals in Montmartre: February 1847
18: Auction at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: February 1847
19: La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils: 1848
20: La Dame aux Camélias at the Vaudeville: February 1852
21: Verdi and teh Barezzis--The genius of La traviata: 1823-1852
22: La traviata 1853-1854: The apotheosis of Marie Duplessis
23: Epilogue: Memory and myth
Notes
Index
1: Prologue: A weekend in the country
2: A mother and daughter: 1824-1837
3: L'affaire Plantier: Exmes 1837
4: Working girls in Paris: 1839-1841
5: A fair lady meets Pygmalion: 1840-1841
6: The baby of a traviata: Versailles, May 1841
7: Stallions and flaneurs on the Boulevard des Italiens: 1841-1842
8: An old count in Baden-Baden: July 1842
9: Partying in Paris and London with Antinous: 1842-1843
10: A summer idyll on a bend in the river: 1843
11: Sin and luxury at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: 1844-1847
12: Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez, and Olympe Aguado: 1844-45
13: The pianist, the baroness, and the actress: October 1845-February 1846
14: A registry wedding in London: 21 February 1846
15: A summer sunset in the spas of Europe: 1846
16: Agony and death of a maiden: October 1846-3 February 1847
17: Two winter funerals in Montmartre: February 1847
18: Auction at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: February 1847
19: La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils: 1848
20: La Dame aux Camélias at the Vaudeville: February 1852
21: Verdi and teh Barezzis--The genius of La traviata: 1823-1852
22: La traviata 1853-1854: The apotheosis of Marie Duplessis
23: Epilogue: Memory and myth
Notes
Index
2: A mother and daughter: 1824-1837
3: L'affaire Plantier: Exmes 1837
4: Working girls in Paris: 1839-1841
5: A fair lady meets Pygmalion: 1840-1841
6: The baby of a traviata: Versailles, May 1841
7: Stallions and flaneurs on the Boulevard des Italiens: 1841-1842
8: An old count in Baden-Baden: July 1842
9: Partying in Paris and London with Antinous: 1842-1843
10: A summer idyll on a bend in the river: 1843
11: Sin and luxury at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: 1844-1847
12: Alexandre Dumas fils, Lola Montez, and Olympe Aguado: 1844-45
13: The pianist, the baroness, and the actress: October 1845-February 1846
14: A registry wedding in London: 21 February 1846
15: A summer sunset in the spas of Europe: 1846
16: Agony and death of a maiden: October 1846-3 February 1847
17: Two winter funerals in Montmartre: February 1847
18: Auction at 11 Boulevard de la Madeleine: February 1847
19: La Dame aux Camélias, by Alexandre Dumas fils: 1848
20: La Dame aux Camélias at the Vaudeville: February 1852
21: Verdi and teh Barezzis--The genius of La traviata: 1823-1852
22: La traviata 1853-1854: The apotheosis of Marie Duplessis
23: Epilogue: Memory and myth
Notes
Index