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After the French Revolution, under the influence of Romanticism in the early 19th century, the French opera art flourished further, and many new representatives emerged, such as Berlioz, Spontini, Meyerbel, Gounod and Bizet. When it comes to French opera of this period, you will definitely think of Spontini (1774 1851), who is called the originator of French grand opera, but in fact he is an Italian composer and former director of the Neapolitan court. During his time in Paris, he admired large-scale, historically or politically significant operas, and wrote his most successful opera, The Virgin, which premiered at the Paris Opera in 1807.
As a result, he occupies a place in the history of French opera and has had a significant influence on the creation of operas by Meyer Bell and Wagner. Berlioz's opera "The Robbery of Faust" in 1845 and 1846 is strictly a theatrical saga for soloists, choruses, and orchestras, and the composer calls himself "the best opera", which can also be staged. Based on the French translation of Goethe's Faust.
Most of them were staged in 1846, and the full play was performed in Paris in 1877 after the composer's death. In 1893, it was adapted by Gunsburg for the stage. The "Rakozi March", "Dance of the Fairies" and "Ghost Fire Minuet" in the play are all well-known famous songs.
Another composer of Berlioz's time who made a significant contribution to the cause of French opera was Meyer Bell (1791-1864). Although he was born in Germany, he was a leading exponent of French grand opera. He was born from the Jewish people.
Originally known as Jacob Liebman Bell, he was chosen by a wealthy relative as his heir and added "Meyer", the name of his father-in-law. 1815 In 1824 he composed operas in the Rossini style in Italy, and in 1825 he published operas in German in Berlin. From 1826 onwards, he was active in Paris, France, where he devoted himself to writing French opera, and later became the main composer of the French Grand Opera in its heyday.
He wrote the opera Robert the Devil in five acts (premiered in Paris in 1831), the opera Huguenot in five acts (premiered in Paris in 1836), the opera The Prophet in five acts (premiered in Paris in 1849), the opera Polaris in three acts (premiered in Paris in 1854), and the opera African Woman in five acts and six acts (premiered in Paris in 1865). In these operas, Meyerbel's talents are brought to full play. He skillfully mobilized all the elements of the opera performing arts, such as the stage set, the large-scale dramatic scenes, the use of musical instruments, the harmony of different characters and the singing of the main characters to highlight the personality and charm, etc., Meyer Bell gave a comprehensive synthesis of pomp, color and rigor in his creative style, and he combined the smooth melody of Italy, the rich harmony of the Germans, and the recitation of the French with the dynamic and varied rhythms to form his own style.
This style had a great influence on Wagner's musical composition.
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The 19th century was first and foremost romantic.
The flourishing of literature from the doctrine. In the first 30 years of the 19th century, the Romantic literature of the English du was the most successful literature in Europe, and it had a great influence on the literature of the rest of Europe. The first Romantic writers were Wordsworth (1770-1850), Coleridge (1772-1834) and Sausser (1774-1843).
Their poems are disgusted with capitalist civilization, negate technological progress, advocate retrogression, and attempt to resist capitalist industrial civilization with the patriarchal lifestyle of the Middle Ages. However, they do not replace reality with empty emotions like sentimentalists, and the basic theme of all their poems is that in their personal feelings, they are disgusted with the social ugliness brought about by technological progress since the Industrial Revolution, yearn for the beautiful mountains and rivers of nature, and try to find their ideals and the final destination of life in nature.
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