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THE RAY OF DEATH.(La Juive)(Opera Review)
A hundred years ago, in the fall of 1903, Gustav Mahler was rehearsing Fromental Halevy's opera "La Juive" in Vienna. By Mahler's time, the art of French grand opera that Halevy exemplified had gone out of fashion, its stylized set pieces and grandiose production values superseded by Wagnerian stream of consciousness and naturalistic plots. Nonetheless, Mahler believed in "La Juive," and he lavished special attention on the finale of Act III, in which Brogni, a cardinal in fifteenth-century Switzerland, condemns the heretical love of Leopold, a Catholic prince, and Rachel, the "Jewess" of the title. "Anathema! Anathema!" the Cardinal sings. The word signified not merely ...
- Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth Century France: the Politics...
- Magazine article from: History Today Mourby, Adrian August 1, 2003 700+ words
...Century France The Politics of Halevy's La Juive Diana R. Hallman Cambridge University...Subtitled The Politics of Halevy's La Juive this adapted thesis speaks to us from...extermination. The first production of La Juive (The Jewess) took place in 1835, a...
- La Juive Resurrected: Fine Cast, Muddled Staging.(Arts&Entertainment)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) November 24, 2003 700+ words
...night of the Met's new production of La Juive that this was the company's 63rd performance...that of his librettist, Eugene Scribe, La Juive premiered at the Met in 1885. Subsequent...special marketing--the Met has embraced La Juive wholeheartedly. There's even a portrait...
- Fromental Halevy: La Juive, Dossier de press parisienne 1835.
- Magazine article from: Notes Lamberton, Elizabeth December 1, 1993 700+ words
...social life. Karl Leich-Galland's "La Juive": Dossier de presse parisienne (1835...Despite its historical importance, La Juive attracted little scholarly attention until...Most recently, the staging manual for La Juive was presented in H. Robert Cohen's...
- La Juive. (Miscellaneous).
- Magazine article from: World Literature Today Knapp, Bettina L. June 22, 2001 700+ words
Colette Mainguy. La Juive Paris. Stock. 2001. 253 pages 105...disclosed concerning the author's life, La Juive should be read by all parents contemplating...to-do family is Catholic, she is "La Juive," identifying with the suffering inflicted...
- La Juive.(Concert notes)(Opera Review)
- Magazine article from: New Criterion Smith, Patrick J. January 1, 2004 700+ words
...Opera a production of Fromental Halevy's La Juive, one of the most famous examples of the...As with most Grand Opera, the plot of La Juive is overtly sensationalist, revolving...to address this deficiency by staging La Juive in a vaguely modern setting, so suggesting...
- Review: 'La Juive' revived at Met Opera.
- News wire article from: United Press International December 7, 2003 700+ words
...The Metropolitan Opera's revival of "La Juive" (The Jewess), a new production imported...opera company's management to present "La Juive" for the first time since 1936, and...limited by watching one-hour TV dramas. "La Juive" was an immediate success when it debuted...
- Hallman, Diana R. Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century...
- Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century French Studies Huebner, Steven September 22, 2004 700+ words
...Century France: The Politics of Halevy's La Juive. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Pp...Fromental Halevy's five-act opera La Juive to a libretto by Eugene Scribe enjoyed...repertoire back into the public eye. La Juive has been one of the main beneficiaries...
- Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century France: The Politics...
- Magazine article from: Shofar Baron, John H. September 22, 2004 700+ words
...Century France: The Politics of Halevy's La Juive, by Diana R. Hallman. Cambridge and...390 pp. $70.00. When the opera La Juive (The Jewess) was premiered in Paris...Eleazar and Rachel. Although the opera La Juive was banned in some countries and mutilated...
