Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture
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Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture

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Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture

About this book

Offenbach's operas were a significant force for cultural change, both in his own time and in the decades to follow. In this book, Laurence Senelick demonstrates the ways in which this musical phenomenon took hold globally, with Offenbach's work offering an alternative, irreverent, sexualized view of life which audiences found liberating, both personally and socially. In the theatre, the composer also inspired cutting-edge innovations in stagecraft and design, and in this book, he is recognized as a major cultural influence, with an extensive impact on the spheres of literature, art, film, and even politics. Senelick argues that Offenbach's importance spread far beyond France, and that his provocative and entertaining works, often seen as being more style than substance, influenced numerous key artists, writers, and thinkers, and made a major contribution to the development of modern society.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Frontispiece
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of contents
  8. List of Illustrations
  9. Foreword and Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 The French Connection
  12. 2 Wagner, Nietzsche, and the Polemics of Opera
  13. 3 Tales from the Vienna Stage
  14. 4 Against the Victorian Grain
  15. 5 The Discovery of America
  16. 6 Caviar with the Champagne
  17. 7 Doing the Continental
  18. 8 South of the Equator, East of Suez
  19. 9 A Max Reinhardt Production
  20. 10 Red Stars
  21. 11 French without Tears
  22. 12 English As She Is Spoke
  23. 13 Rebirth from the Ruins
  24. 14 Conclusion: Taking Offenbach Seriously
  25. Select Bibliography
  26. Index