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Backstage at the Revolution: How the Royal Paris Opera Survived the End of the Old Regime
Backstage at the Revolution How the Royal Paris Opera Survived the End of the Old Regime
Author: Victoria Johnson
On July 14, 1789, a crowd of angry French citizens en route to the Bastille broke into the Paris Opera and helped themselves to any sturdy weapon they could find. Yet despite its long association with the royal court, its special privileges, and the splendor of its performances, the Opera itself was spared, even protected, by Revolutionary offic...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226401959
ISBN-10: 0226401952
Publication Date: 2/1/2009
Pages: 304
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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