Opera and the Political Imaginary in Old Regime France

by Olivia Bloechl

From its origins in the 1670s through the French Revolution, serious opera in France was associated with the power of the absolute monarchy, and its ties to the crown remain at the heart of our understanding of this opera tradition (especially its foremost genre, the trag die en musique).

In Opera and the Political Imaginary in Old Regime France, however, Olivia Bloechl reveals another layer of French opera's political theater...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022652275X
• ISBN13: 9780226522753
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"