Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera: A History

Contents

• Introduction;
• Part I . Lully:
• 1. The dramaturgy of Lully's divertissements;
• 2. Constructing the divertissement;
• 3. Dance foundations;
• 4. Dance practices on stage;
• 5. Prologues;
• 6. The lighter side of Lully;
• Part II . The Rival Muses in the Age of Campra:
• 7. The muses take the stage;
• 8. Thalie, muse of comedy;
• 9. Thalie visits the fairs;
• 10. The contested comic;
• 11. Melpomene, muse of tragedy;
• 12. Melpomene adapts;
• 13. Terpsichore, muse of the dance;
• 14. In the traces of Terpsichore; Epilogue;
• Appendix
• 1. Works performed at the Academie Royale de Musique, 1695-1732, in which the impact of the comedie italienne can be seen;
• Appendix
• 2. A partial list of performances consisting of 'fragments', 1702-32;
• Appendix
• 3. The choreographies danced at the Opera contextualized.