Die lustige Witwe and the Creation of the Silver Age of Viennese Operetta. (10th July 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Die lustige Witwe and the Creation of the Silver Age of Viennese Operetta. (10th July 2014)
- Main Title:
- Die lustige Witwe and the Creation of the Silver Age of Viennese Operetta
- Authors:
- Baranello, Micaela
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Franz Lehár's Die lustige Witwe (1905) was conceived during a period of instability in both operetta and Viennese life. Considering the music and reception of both Witwe and some of its immediate, now-forgotten predecessors, this article argues that the operetta's dramatic and musical dualism between urbane, Offenbach-like Paris and folksy, imaginary Pontevedro can be read both as a response to operetta's conflicting priorities of satire and sentiment and as a depiction of the multi-ethnic world of working-class Vienna. The operetta's unusual popularity, subsequent influence and exceptionally long performance history have tended to obscure these more immediate concerns.
- Is Part Of:
- Cambridge opera journal. Volume 26:Number 2(2014:Jul.)
- Journal:
- Cambridge opera journal
- Issue:
- Volume 26:Number 2(2014:Jul.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 26, Issue 2 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0026-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 175
- Page End:
- 202
- Publication Date:
- 2014-07-10
- Subjects:
- Opera -- Periodicals
782.1 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0954586714000032 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0954-5867
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- Legaldeposit
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