Cruz, Gabriela – Grand Illusion

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A new and groundbreaking historical narrative, Grand Illusion: Phantasmagoria in Nineteenth-Century Opera explores how technical innovations in Paris transformed the grand opera into a transcendent, dream-like audio-visual spectacle. CONTENTSList of Illustrations and Note on TranslationsList of Music ExamplesPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Modernity of Grand Opera1. Opera and Beauty2. Gaslight and Phantasmagoria at the Opera3. The Diorama, Apparitions and Dream Image in Robert le Diable4. The Phantom Ship in Der fliegende Hollander and L’Africaine5. The Poetics of Sensation in L’Africaine and Tristan und Isolde6. Aida, Egyptomania and the After-Life of Grand OperaWorks CitedCruz, Gabriela – Grand Illusion