An Introduction to the Dramatic Works of Giacomo Meyerbeer, Operas, Ballets, Cantatas, Plays

List of Illustrations ix List of Music Examples xiii Introduction 1 Part 1 Ballet and Cantata 1 Ballet 9 1.1 Der Fischer und das Milchm hen oder Viel L um einen Kuss The Fisherman and the Milkmaid, or Much Ado about a Kiss 9 2 Cantata (Oratorio/Dramatic Monologue/Duodrama) 13 2.1 Gott und die Natur God and Nature 13 2.2 Gli amori di Teolinda The Loves of Theolinda 16 2.3 Der Bayerische Sch tzen-Marsch The Bavarian Sharpshooters' March 20 2.4 Maria und ihr Genius Maria and her Good Spirit 24 Part 2 Opera 3 German Operas: Singspiel 29 3.1 Jephthas Gel bde Jephthas Vow 29 3.2 Wirt und Gast, oder Aus Scherz Ernst Host and Guest, or A Joke Turns Serious 34 3.3 Das Brandenburger Tor The Brandenburg Gate 38 3.4 Ein Feldlager in Schlesien/Vielka A Camp in Silesia 42 4 Italian Operas: Opera Seria 49 4.1 Romilda e Costanza Romilda and Constance 49 4.2 Semiramide [riconosciuta] Semiramis (recognized) 53 4.3 Emma di Resburgo Emma of Roxburgh 61 4.4 Margherita d'Anjou Margaret of Anjou 67 4.5 L'esule di Granata The Siege of Granada 74 4.6 Il crociato in Egitto The Crusader in Egypt 81 5 French Operas: Grand Op 93 5.1 Robert le Diable Robert the Devil 93 5.2 Les Huguenots The Huguenots 113 5.3 Le Proph The Prophet 139 5.4 L'Africaine (Vasco da Gama) The African Woman 158 6 French Operas: Op Comique 179 6.1 L' oile du Nord The Star of the North 179 6.2 Le Pardon de Plo el (Dinorah) The Pardon of Plo el 187 Part 3 Plays 7 Plays (Masque/Incidental Music) 201 7.1 DaS Hoffest von Ferrara The Court Festival at Ferrara 201 7.2 Struensee 205 7.3 La Jeunesse de Goethe, ou L'etudiant de Strasbourg Goethe's Youth, or The Student of Strasbourg 212 Conclusion 217 Appendix: The Meyerbeer Librettists 221 Select Bibliography 225 Index 241