Gillian Opstad

Debussy's Mélisande (eBook, ePUB)

The Lives of Georgette Leblanc, Mary Garden and Maggie Teyte

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The colourful lives of the three divas who made Debussy's Mélisande their own.

Debussy's Mélisande examines the colourful lives of Georgette Leblanc, Mary Garden and Maggie Teyte, and their involvement with Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, illustrating the prejudices and difficulties women singers of their era faced. The three women presented here were not only remarkable for the resilience and initiative they had to develop, but also for their willingness to adapt themselves to the opportunities offered by the emergingtechnologies of recording, radio and film. It is also the story of the background to the opera's creation, and the frequently stormy relationships between the author of the original play (Maeterlinck), the composer, director, conductor and performers. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Debussy, opera, French music and theatre, Maeterlinck, and those interested in women's studies and biography.

Gillian Opstad read Modern Languages at Somerville College, Oxford after which she taught for a number of years in Buckinghamshire and Bristol. She has been actively involved with music both at university and since. This, her first book, is a result of her particular interest in French music, especially that of Debussy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782042549
• Artikelnr.: 56407478

Autorenporträt

GIILLIAN OPSTAD read Modern Languages at Somerville College, Oxford after which she taught for a number of years in Buckinghamshire and Bristol. She specialises in French music and is the author of Debussy's Mélisande, published by the Boydell Press in 2009.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Pelléas et Mélisande. From Play to Opera Georgette Leblanc (1869
1894) Georgette Leblanc meets Maurice Maeterlinck (1895
1898) The Row (1898
1902) Mary Garden (1874
1900) Mary Garden's Breakthrough (1900
1902) Preparations for Performance of Pelléas et Mélisande First Performance and Reactions Mary Garden Reaps Success (1902
1907) Return of Georgette Leblanc (1902
1907) Pelléas et Mélisande at Saint
Wandrille Maggie Teyte. Her Background (1888
1902) Maggie Teyte's Path to Mélisande (1903
1908) Mary Garden in America (1907
1911) Maggie Teyte's Triumphs and Disappointments (1908
1930) Georgette Leblanc's Rise and Fall (1911
1919) Mary Garden becomes Director (1912
1931) Georgette Leblanc after Maeterlinck (1919
1931) Maggie Teyte's Fresh Start (1930
1945) Georgette Leblanc Falls Ill (1931
1941) Mary Garden's Retirement (1931
1967) Maggie Teyte after the War (1945
1976) Silence Select Bibliography