Orpheus, a marvelous figure in baroque opera

Authors

  • Raphaëlle Legrand University of the Sorbonne - Paris IV (França)

Keywords:

Cantata, Marvelous, Baroque music, Orpheus, Opera

Abstract

The character of Orpheus is present in the greatest lyrical works from the beginning to the end of the Baroque period (Peri, Caccini, Monteverdi, Gluck). He also appears in operas (Rossi, Charpentier, L. de Lully), ballets (J.B. Lully) or cantatas (Rameau) in which the various modalities of the wonderful Baroque music are expressed through this polymorphous myth. Orpheus can also be seen as a metaphor for the synthesis of the arts, proper to opera.

Author Biography

  • Raphaëlle Legrand , University of the Sorbonne - Paris IV (França)

    Raphaëlle Legrand é professora de história e análise de música barroca na Universidade de Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV. Publicou, com Nicole Wild, Regards Sur l'opéra-comique, trois siècles de vie théâtrale (CNRS Editions, 2002; premiada pela Académie Charles Cros) e com Laurine Quetin, Entre théâtre et musique: Récitatifs en Europe aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (Cahiers d'histoire culturelle, Université de Tours, 1999) e a obra Rameau et le pouvoir de l'harmonie (Cité de la Musique, 2007) e numerosos artigos sobre o composer e téorico. Atualmente escreve uma obra comparativa sobre música e significado nas obras de Bach, Handel, Rameau e Vivaldi. Raphaëlle Legrand is a member of various editorial bodies, such as the Société Française de Musicologie, Œuvres Complètes de Lully, and the journals Musurgia, Analyse et Pratique Musicales and Jardin de Musique.

References

Le texte de cette conférence a été conçu pour introduire une représentation de La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers de Marc-Antoine Charpentier, le 27 octobre 2009, au théâtre de Sabará, MG, dans le cadre de la II Semana de Musica Antiga da UFMG.

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Published

2011-07-11

Issue

No. 24 (2011): General Topics

Section

Interviews

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How to Cite

“Orpheus, a Marvelous Figure in Baroque Opera”. 2011. Per Musi, no. 24 (July): 1-5. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/40337.

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