{"product_id":"dis-embodying-myths-in-ancien-regime-opera-multidisciplinary-perspectives-9789058679000","title":"(Dis)Embodying Myths in Ancien Régime Opera: Multidisciplinary Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bruno Forment\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Leuven University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Leuven University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Opera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the Ancien Régime, mythology played a vital role in opera, defining such epoch-making works as Claudio Monteverdi's \u003ci\u003eLa favola d'Orfeo\u003c\/i\u003e (1607) and Christoph Gluck's \u003ci\u003eIphigénie en Tauride\u003c\/i\u003e (1779). The operatic presence of the Greco-Roman gods and heroes was anything but unambiguous or unproblematic, however. \u003ci\u003e(Dis)embodying Myths in Ancien Régime Opera\u003c\/i\u003e highlights myth's chameleonic life in the Italian \u003ci\u003edramma per musica\u003c\/i\u003e and French \u003ci\u003etragédie en musique\u003c\/i\u003e of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by eminent scholars in the fields of music, literature, theater, and cultural studies, the six chapters of this book address a series of important questions: Through what ideological lenses did the Ancien Régime perceive an ancient legacy that was fundamentally pagan and fictitious, as opposed to Christian and rationalistic? What dramaturgies did librettists and composers devise to adapt mythical topics to altering philosophical and aesthetic doctrines? Were the ancients' precepts obeyed or precisely overridden by the age of 'classicism'? And how could myths be made to fit changing modes of spectatorship? \u003ci\u003e(Dis)embodying Myths in Ancien Régime Opera\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to all music, literature, and art lovers seeking to deepen their knowledge of an increasingly popular repertoire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e G. Burgess, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; R. C. Ketterer, University of Iowa; J.-F. Lattarico, Université Jean-Monnet, Saint-Étienne; R. Strohm, University of Oxford; B. van Oostveldt, University of Amsterdam\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leuven University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47573927329943,"sku":"9789058679000","price":4917.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789058679000.webp?v=1774894160","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dis-embodying-myths-in-ancien-regime-opera-multidisciplinary-perspectives-9789058679000","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}