1 gen 1828 anni - La Muette de Portici

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Auber’s Mute
A. Auber’s La muette de Portici featured several new elements.
1. The title character is mute—she does not sing.
2. The music proceeds for extended times without a break, which adds to the suspense

Opera and Revolution
A. La muette de Portici is noteworthy for its political association.
1. The Bourbon Restoration (1814-30) was the intended reason for the opening, and the
opera was to try to sway public opinion away from revolution—since that is what happens to the revolution in the opera.
2. The audience, however, saw it differently, and saw in itself the struggling peasants.
a. La muette de Portici has been given some credit in the “July Revolution”
(1830), when the bourgeoisie overtook French politics.
1) “Amour sacré de la patrie” became associated with antigovernment
demonstration.
B. The power of music, in this case opera, to persuade public opinion in driving politics emerged in the nineteenth century.
C. La muette de Portici also had severe consequences for the governing parties in Belgium, which had been ruled by the Dutch since 1815.
1. The July Revolution inspired Belgians to seek independence, including a performance
of the banned La muette de Portici.
a. Although heavily cut, the influential “Amour sacré de la patrie” was left in.
b. Already popular, upon hearing it in the opera, the audience rose and sang.
c. Riots resulted, to the extent that the Dutch forces withdrew and Prince Leopold Saxe-Coburg-Gotha became king.

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