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La Muette de Portici tussen Parijse creatie en Noord-Nederlandse receptie
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: De Moderne Tijd, Volume 1, Issue 1, Jan 2017, p. 78 - 107
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Abstract
La Muette de Portici between creation in Paris and reception in the Northern Netherlands
Since its première in 1828, La Muette de Portici has been one of the most popular grands opéras performed in Dutch theatres in the nineteenth century, despite its reputation of having incited the Belgian Revolt of 1830. Based on a wide range of primary sources, this article analyses how, in the initial process of cultural transfer from Paris to the Netherlands, the opera with its ambivalent political tenor was staged and received differently in three theatres in Amsterdam and The Hague. In the aftermath of the Belgian Revolt, authorities, artists, press critics and audiences subsequently problematized, rehabilitated and enriched the opera with new meanings. After having been feared and condemned, ‘Amour sacré de la Patrie’ again became a favorite aria to enthusiastically respond to.