Ariane & Bluebeard

Description

Maurice Maeterlinck described his libretto Ariane et Barbe-bleue as "a sort of legendary opera, or fairy [opera], in three acts." In 1907, Paul Dukas finished setting Maeterlinck's libretto to music, and the opera's Paris premiere was lauded as a landmark in operatic history.

Ariane & Bluebeard: From Fairy Tale to Comic Book Opera offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary look at this historic opera, including its structure, reception, and cultural implications. This lively collection juxtaposes chapters from experts in music, literature, the visual arts, gender studies, and religion and philosophy with vibrant illustrations by comic artist P. Craig Russell and interviews with performers and artists.

Featuring material from newly discovered documents and the first English translation of several important sources, Ariane & Bluebeard allows readers to imagine the opera in its various incarnations: as symbolist show, comic book, children's fairy tale, and more.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Ariane et Barbe-bleue: A Dramatic and Musical Overview, by Matthew Gordon Brown and Thomas Emil Homerin
2. The Genesis of Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, by Matthew Gordon Brown
3. Performing Ariane et Barbe-Bleue: From Premier to Orchestral Suite, by Matthew Gordon Brown
4. A Feminist Opera? Women's Rights and Women's Wrongs in Maurice Maeterlinck's and Paul Dukas' Ariane and Bluebeard, by Jean Elisabeth Pedersen
5. Maurice Maeterlinck and the Mystical Ariane, by Thomas Emil Homerin
6. Maeterlinck and Plato's Cave, by Nicholas Gresens
7. Ariane et Barbe-Bleue and the Legacy of Richard Wagner, by Matthew Gordon Brown
8. Singing Ariane: An Interview with Katherine Ciesinski, by Katherine Ciesinski and Matthew Gordon Brown
9. Bluebeard, or Female Curiosity? Not the Same Old Story, by Andrea G. Reithmayr
10. Reflections on Comic Book Opera: P. Craig Russell's Ariane and Bluebeard, by Thomas Emil Homerin
11. An Adaptation of an Adaptation: TableTopOpera's Live Production of Ariane and Bluebeard, by Matthew Gordon Brown
Appendices
Albert Flament, "'Ariane' dans les ruines de St-Wandrille," Femina 163 (1 November, 1907), 484–85. English translation by Sébastien Cornut.
Henri Duvernois, "Les femmes de Barbe-Bleue," Femina 153 (1 June, 1907), 246–249. English translation by Sébastien Cornut.
Lucien Fugère, "La vie du théâtre," Musica 55 (April 1907), 53–55. English translation by Sébastien Cornut.
Paul Dukas, "Ariane et Barbe-Bleue," La Revue Musicale (numéro spécial) (May-June, 1936), 4–7. English translation by Timothy Scheie.
Montrose J. Moses, "The Wife of Maurice Maeterlinck," Metropolitan Magazine 34 (March, 1912), 38–52.
Georgette Leblanc-Maeterlinck, "The Later Heroines of Maurice Maeterlinck," Fortnightly Review 93 (January 1910), 48–56. English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.
Bibliography
Contributors
Index

Sujets

• Styles
• Genres
• Folk Tales
• Fairy Tales
• Adaptations
• MUSIC
• Multiple signal classification
• Graphic novel
• Fairy tale
• Comic book
• P. Craig Russell
• Roman graphique
• Adaptation
• Paul Dukas
• Opera
• Comic
• Maurice Maeterlinck

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253063199
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 21 Mo

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Brown, Matthew, [date] editor. | Homerin, Th. Emil, [date] editor.
Title: Ariane Bluebeard : from fairy tale to comic book opera / edited by Matthew Brown, and Th. Emil Homerin.
Other titles: Ariane and Bluebeard
Description: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2022035642 (print) | LCCN 2022035643 (ebook) | ISBN 9780253063168 (hardback) | ISBN 9780253063175 (paperback) | ISBN 9780253063182 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935. Ariane et Barbe-bleue. | Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. Ariane et Barbe-bleu. | Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949-Adaptations. | Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935-Adaptations. | Opera-France.
Classification: LCC ML410.D86 A85 2022 (print) | LCC ML410.D86 (ebook) | DDC 782.1092-dc23/eng/20220729
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022035642
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In Memorium
Th. Emil Homerin
(1955-2020)
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Ariane et Barbe-bleue : A Dramatic and Musical Overview / Matthew Brown and Th. Emil Homerin
2. The Genesis of Ariane et Barbe-Bleue / Matthew Brown
3. Performing Ariane et Barbe-bleue : From Premiere to Orchestral Suite / Matthew Brown
4. A Feminist Opera? Women s Rights and Women s Wrongs in Maurice Maeterlinck and Paul Dukas s Ariane et Barbe-bleue / Jean Elisabeth Pedersen
5. Maurice Maeterlinck and the Mystical Ariane / Th. Emil Homerin
6. Maeterlinck and Plato s Cave / Nicholas Gresens
7. Ariane et Barbe-bleue and the Legacy of Richard Wagner / Matthew Brown
8. Singing Ariane: An Interview with Katherine Ciesinski / Matthew Brown with Katherine Ciesinski
9. Bluebeard or Female Curiosity? Not the Same Old Story / Andrea G. Reithmayr
10. Reflections on Comic Book Opera: P. Craig Russell s Ariane and Bluebeard / Th. Emil Homerin
11. An Adaptation of an Adaptation: TableTopOpera s Live Production of Ariane and Bluebeard / Matthew Brown
Appendixes
1. Albert Flament, Ariane dans les ruines de St-Wandrille, Femina 163 (November 1, 1907): 484-485 / English translation by S bastien Cornut
2. Henri Duvernois, Les femmes de Barbe-Bleue, Femina 153 (June 1, 1907): 246-249 / English translation by S bastien Cornut
3. Lucien Fug re, La vie du th tre, Musica 6, no. 55 (April 1907): 53-55 / English translation by S bastien Cornut
4. Paul Dukas, Ariane et Barbe-bleue , in special issue, La Revue musicale 17, no. 166 (May-June 1936): 4-7 / English translation by Timothy Scheie
5. Montrose J. Moses, The Wife of Maurice Maeterlinck, Metropolitan 34 (March 1912): 38-52
6. Georgette Leblanc-Maeterlinck, The Later Heroines of Maurice Maeterlinck, Fortnightly Review 93, Old Series (January 1910): 48-56 / English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book is the result of a happy accident that occurred around a decade ago. Emil and I met by chance in May 2012 at a celebration of faculty authors organized by Ralph Kuncl, then provost of the University of Rochester. Instead of discussing my new book, I used my two minutes at the microphone to plug TableTopOpera s upcoming performance of Debussy s opera Pell as and M lisande in Eastman s Kodak Hall. I mentioned that the concert would include projected images from a comic book by P. Craig Russell and that Craig would be coming to town for the show. As soon as I had made my pitch, Emil bounded up and introduced himself. He quizzed me about Craig: The real P. Craig Russell? The one who drew Elric , Dr. Strange , and Sandman 50 Ramadan ? I gulped, not having the slightest clue what he was talking about, and replied: Yes the real P. Craig Russell. The one who drew Salom , Ariane , and The Ring ! We spent the rest of the party chatting and promising to reconnect at some later date. That we did. Over the next decade, our friendship blossomed as we found new ways to combine our diverse interests; his fascination with comic books and mysticism, mine with fin de si cle music and symbolism. We were also interested in bringing people together from all over campus and all over the country. Those desires came to fruition in September 2018 when we not only staged a performance of Ariane and Bluebeard with TableTopOpera using Craig s illustrations but also hosted a conference about Dukas s opera with the University of Rochester s Humanities Center. This book is an outgrowth of those two events.
It is obviously impossible to stage an opera or arrange a conference without help from a very large number of people. The nicest thing about finishing this book is that it gives us the opportunity to thank everyone for making both events so successful. To begin with, nothing could have happened without the support and input of P. Craig Russell; working with him over the past decade has been one of the great joys of our lives. He has helped us in too many different ways to count. We would also like to give a shout out to Wayne Harold, who sent us amazing digital scans of the comic book and who made a video of the show. Thanks must also go to the members of TableTopOpera for doing such a fabulous job: Federico Agostini, Griffin Campbell, Jackson Courtright, Albert Kim, James Thompson, Dariusz Terefenko, James VanDemark, David Ying, and Christopher Winders. We are truly blessed to have such an amazing group of colleagues. We also owe a big debt of gratitude to Mark Watters for conducting the show. Talking of TableTopOpera, special thanks must certainly go to Christopher Winders: as the group s technical guru, he is ultimately the person who makes every show happen. We can t thank him enough for preparing the images and score, setting up the computers, mixing the sound, maintaining the website, and designing the T-shirts and even the poster. The list goes on. Chris has also produced a full render of the finished show that we have posted on the TableTopOpera website ( www.tabletopopera.com ). On the night, Chris was aided by the enthusiastic support of the stage crew at the Hoyt Hall. Ming-Lun Lee and Steve Philbert from the Department of Electrical Engineering were also there to help record the event. Kudos to you all.
Emil and I also want to thank everyone involved in the conference and this publication: Katherine Ciesinski, Nicholas Gresens, Jean Pedersen, Andrea Reithmayr, Timothy Scheie, and S bastien Cornut. It has been a real pleasure to work with you all. Special thanks must go to Andrea Reithmayr for arranging an exhibition of illustrated children s books in Rush Rhees Library and Jean Pedersen for inviting us to talk at her undergraduate classes. S bastien Cornut should also be singled out for transcribing and translating Carr s handwriting, cleaning up many French translations, and editing much of the text. He even checked out a source in the Biblioth que Nationale. We would also like to thank Laurence Vittes, who has been such a dear friend and supporter of TableTopOpera; we are thrilled he published such a generous review of our show. Behind the scenes, Chris Winders engraved the musical examples and Caleb Rood provided invaluable administrative help, arranging hotel rooms, airline flights, and a whole host of other matters. And we would also like to thank the two anonymous reviewers who made countless brilliant suggestions and to Allison Chaplin and the team at Indiana University Press for bringing this volume to completion.
Similarly, we offer our sincere gratitude to many parts of the University of Rochester for their financial and institutional support. We are grateful to the University of Rochester s Humanities Project, Humanities Center, School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Religion and Classics, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women s Studies, Program for Jewish Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, and Department of Music; and the Eastman School of Music, especially to the Professional Development Committee for their generous funding, as well as to many of our colleagues in the Humanities Department and the Music Theory Department for their encouragement. We would like to give special thanks to Nora Rubel and the Department of Religion and Classics, Jamal J. Rossi, and Joan and Martin Messinger, dean of the Eastman School of Music, for generously supporting the publication of this volume.
Lastly, thanks to Nora and Liz for being such generous hosts and for making the parties and everything else run so smoothly. We could not have done any of this without you both.
Although putting together this book has been a truly uplifting experience, one of us-Th. Emil Homerin-will not see the finished product. Emil tragically died on December 26, 2020, a month after he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. His loss is an awful blow to the members of TableTopOpera, the contributors to this book, the University of Rochester, and academia as a whole. Knowing Emil, he would like to be remembered for his humor and love of life. With that in mind, I would like to quote from the last message Emil sent to me on December 21, 2020. After reflecting on this book,