Dance and drama in French baroque opera : a history

Dance and drama in French baroque opera : a history / Rebecca Harris-Warrick.

Since its inception, French opera has embraced dance, yet all too often operatic dancing is treated as mere decoration. This book exposes the multiple and meaningful roles that dance has played, starting from Jean-Baptiste Lully's first opera in 1672. It counters prevailing notions in operatic...

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Main Author: Harris-Warrick, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:Cambridge studies in opera.
Subjects:
Lully, Jean-Baptiste, > 1632-1687. > Operas.
Dance in opera > History > 17th century.
Dance in opera > History > 18th century.
Opera > Dramaturgy.
Opera > France > 17th century.
Opera > France > 18th century.
History.
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