Son et lumière: Verdi, Attila, and the sunrise over the lagoon

This essay discusses the famous sunrise in the prologue of Attila in the context of early nineteenth-century theatrical lighting and musical conventions, and relates it to Félicien David's Le Désert, Haydn's The Creation and Rossini's Guillaume Tell, as well as Verdi's Alzira and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cambridge opera journal 2009-11, Vol.21 (3), p.267-277
1. Verfasser:	Greenwald, Helen M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	An "Attila" symposium: convened and co-edited by Helen Greenwald Classical music Crescendo Lagoons Lighting Music composition Music criticism Musical performance Opera Prologues Sunlight Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) Violins Written composition
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Zusammenfassung:	This essay discusses the famous sunrise in the prologue of Attila in the context of early nineteenth-century theatrical lighting and musical conventions, and relates it to Félicien David's Le Désert, Haydn's The Creation and Rossini's Guillaume Tell, as well as Verdi's Alzira and Jérusalem.
ISSN:	0954-5867 1474-0621
DOI:	10.1017/S0954586710000170