Meyerbeer’s Il crociato in Egitto: mélodrame, opera, orientalism
Meyerbeer’s Il crociato in Egitto: mélodrame, opera, orientalism
Il crociato in Egitto was the last in a series of Italian operas written by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1817 and 1824. Although his Emma di Resburgo and Margherita d'Anjou had been successful in Venice and Milan, it was Il crociato that put Meyerbeer in the first rank of internationally renowned composers of Italian opera. The work's contemporary popularity makes it an important element in the history of early nineteenth-century Italian opera, and the abundant source material that survives for the opera permits a reconstruction of its early history. Furthermore, the publication in facsimile of a copyist's score from the première at La Fenice and the recording of the work by Opera Rara have encouraged a modern revaluation.
meyerbeer, crociato, everist, melodrame, opera, orientalism
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Everist, Mark
54ab6966-73b4-4c0e-b218-80b2927eaeb0
November 1996
Everist, Mark
54ab6966-73b4-4c0e-b218-80b2927eaeb0
Everist, Mark
(1996)
Meyerbeer’s Il crociato in Egitto: mélodrame, opera, orientalism.
Cambridge Opera Journal, 8 (3), .
(doi:10.1017/S0954586700004730).
Abstract
Il crociato in Egitto was the last in a series of Italian operas written by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1817 and 1824. Although his Emma di Resburgo and Margherita d'Anjou had been successful in Venice and Milan, it was Il crociato that put Meyerbeer in the first rank of internationally renowned composers of Italian opera. The work's contemporary popularity makes it an important element in the history of early nineteenth-century Italian opera, and the abundant source material that survives for the opera permits a reconstruction of its early history. Furthermore, the publication in facsimile of a copyist's score from the première at La Fenice and the recording of the work by Opera Rara have encouraged a modern revaluation.
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Published date: November 1996
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meyerbeer, crociato, everist, melodrame, opera, orientalism
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/67508
ISSN: 0954-5867
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