Music Drama at the Paris Odéon, 1824–1828

Abstract

Parisian theatrical, artistic, social, and political life is illustrated in the institutional history of the Paris Odéon, an opera house that flourished during the Bourbon Restoration. This book traces the complete arc of the Odéon's short but highly successful life from ascent to triumph, decline, and closure. Outlining the role the Odéon played in expanding operatic repertoire and in changing the face of musical life in Paris, the author reconstructs the political power structures that controlled the world of Parisian music drama, the internal administration of the theater, and its relationship with composers and librettists, and with the city of Paris itself.

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