Meyerbeer's Il crociato in Egitto: mélodrame , opera, orientalism
1996; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 8; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0954586700004730
ISSN1474-0621
Autores Tópico(s)Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis
ResumoIl 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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