Saint-Saëns and the stage : operas, plays, pageants, a ballet and a film / Hugh Macdonald.

The stage works of Saint-Saëns range from grand open-air pageants to one-act comic operas, and include the first composed film score. Yet, with the exception of Samson et Dalila, his twelve operas have lain in the shadows since the composer's death in 1921. Widely performed in his lifetime, th...

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Main Author: Macdonald, Hugh, 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:Cambridge studies in opera.
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