Of Kings and Barricades From the Heart of Versailles to the Place de la Bastille

Opera has been one of the most traceable and continuous symbols of the French state. Louis XIV, Napoleon, Louis XVIII, Napoleon III, Thiers, Charles de Gaulle and François Mitterrand are all linked by their absolute commitment to the maintenance of an opera at the centre of their orbits of power. Lo...

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Published inThe Operatic State pp. 34 - 62
Main Author Bereson, Ruth
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Routledge 2002
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
Subjects
Cultural studies
Popular culture
Louis XVIII
Napoleon III
Alexander III
Ascendant Regime
Royale De Musique
Jean Baptiste Lully
Contemporary Society
Italian Opera
ROH
Opera House
XXth Century
Sydney Opera House
Anatoly Lunacharsky
State Subvention
Tsar Alexander III
Pop Stars
French Language
King Carlos III
NSW Minister
Palacio De Bellas Artes
Louis XIV's Reign
French Opera
Louis XIV
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Summary:Opera has been one of the most traceable and continuous symbols of the French state. Louis XIV, Napoleon, Louis XVIII, Napoleon III, Thiers, Charles de Gaulle and François Mitterrand are all linked by their absolute commitment to the maintenance of an opera at the centre of their orbits of power. Louis XIV's opera was found within Versailles and its gardens. Napoleon Bonaparte's was in his capital. Louis XVIII's was an extension of the palace. Charles X sanctified his at the cathedral of Rheims. Napoleon III and Thiers sited theirs within the commercial heart of the city. And finally François Mitterrand took the symbolic step of placing the opera at La Bastille, in the very heart of the square which symbolises revolutionary Paris.
ISBN:9780415868297
9780415278515
0415278511
0415868297
DOI:10.4324/9780203219393-3