Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
In Auber’s opéra-comique La Sirène, travellers are caught in an ambush after hearing the entrancing song of Zerlina, the Siren. She aids her bandit brother, but when she falls for their handsome captive, a tale of romance and revealed identities begins.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Auber, one of the 19th century’s most successful French composers, collaborated with librettist Scribe on *Le Serment*. In this tale of love and honor, an oath protects a secret brigand, set to refined music with a brilliant soprano showpiece.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, a giant of 19th-century French opera, collaborated with librettist Eugène Scribe on La Barcarolle. A tale of court intrigue and artistic rivalry, this opéra-comique retains all its freshness, delicacy and charm.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
The product of one of musical history’s most successful partnerships, Auber and Scribe’s opéra-comique Fra Diavolo is a masterpiece of thrilling plot and brilliant music. Based on a real Italian bandit, it is Auber’s most enduring opera.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Auber and Scribe’s masterful opéra-comique Haydée is one of the composer’s richest scores. A Venetian admiral is haunted by guilt after cheating a friend who then killed himself. Blackmail, love, and Venetian pomp drive this psychological drama.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
In Auber’s comic opera Le Philtre, the young farmhand Guillaume loves the beautiful but aloof Thérèsine. Desperate, he buys a love potion from a charlatan, enlisting in the army to pay for it, unaware that fortune is about to smile on him.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Auber, one of the 19th century’s most successful French opera composers, partnered with librettist Eugène Scribe for Zerline. Written for the great contralto Marietta Alboni, this tale of maternal love showcases Auber’s elegant and virtuoso art.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Once a star of 19th-century French opera, Auber collaborated with librettist Scribe on *Jenny Bell*. Set in London, a diva loves a nobleman whose father objects. Featuring English motifs, this rich score is a charming work to be rediscovered.
Auber, a key 19th-century French composer, and librettist Scribe created the successful opéra-comique Le Concert à la cour. In this one-act work, a young singer’s debut is sabotaged. It showcases the elegance and finesse of the composer’s art.
Auber and Scribe’s Les Diamants de la couronne is a refined fantasy where a Portuguese queen counterfeits the crown jewels to save her nation. The music is brilliant, with variations of the greatest virtuosity. This edition reproduces the Royal Edition vocal score.
An insight into composer Daniel Auber through a close examination of one of his most popular operas, La Part du Diable. This volume provides the complete vocal/piano score, preceded by an introduction to Auber’s life and an analysis of the opera.
Explore Daniel Auber’s forgotten opera, *Les Chaperons blancs*, a work of political conspiracy written between two of his greatest hits. This essential volume provides the complete vocal/piano score, preceded by a rich analysis of its music, history, and dramaturgy.
Dante and Heterodoxy
This volume explores Dante’s “temptations” by the radical thought of the 13th century. Spurred by new Aristotelian and Greek-Arabic learning, Dante interrogated heterodox ideas, revealing a poet deeply involved in the intellectual debates of his culture.
Dante and Milton
This anthology explores synchronic and diachronic constructions of Dante Alighieri and John Milton as culturally produced icons, deeply engrained in the world’s cultural memory, offering a perspective that goes beyond merely national contexts.
Dante as Political Theorist
Originating from the First International Symposium of the Global Dante Project of New York held in 2015, the chapters here investigate Dante’s political treatise Monarchia, addressing diverse issues associated with this work from multiple, innovative methodological perspectives.
Dao Entrepreneurship
Thornquist presents an artistic and aesthetic perspective on auteur-driven entrepreneurial management that is overlooked in traditional organizational analysis. He builds on this through an exploration of Bergsonian ontology and Daoism methodology.
Daring Dynasty
Through impressive archival research over several decades and a provocative perspective, Horowitz illuminates the transformation of England into an emerging modern state under Henry VII, by exploring key aspects of his reign, which included a dark side to royal policy.
Dark Heritage Tourism in the Iberian Peninsula
This collection explores dark tourism in the Iberian Peninsula, examining how sites of death and suffering are transformed into dissonant heritage that forges powerful collective identities.
Darkening Scandinavia
Darkening Scandinavia is a philosophical meditation on the true nature of the Northern Darkness. It explores the deeply-moving expressions of artists like Burzum, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Per Petterson, revealing the visceral Void in Nordic soulscapes.
Darwinism and Natural Theology
Can Christianity be reconciled with Darwin’s theory of evolution? This collection of essays by distinguished scholars explores this question through the lens of natural theology, covering historical, philosophical and theological perspectives.
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