‘Qu’il est loin mon pays’: staging (be)longing in Massenet’s Sapho

At first glance, Jules Massenet's opera Sapho (1897) might appear to water down its source material, substituting the searing social commentary of Alphonse Daudet's novel (1884) with idealised tropes of the Midi. This article, however, seeks to complicate this reading, arguing that Sapho m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kavanagh, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2023