Backstage at the Revolution

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
 
Introduction
           
1                                  The Past in the Present
                                    Foundings
                                    Trajectories
 
2                                  The Storming of the Opera
                                    On the Eve of Revolution 
                                    The Struggle for the Opera
 
3                                  The Perpetuation of Privilege
                                    The City and the Theaters
                                    The Victory of Privilege
 
4                                  Orpheus on the Seine
                                    Opening Night at the Palais-Royal
                                   The Founding of the Paris Opera

5                                  An Academy for Opera
                                   Why an Academy?The Hybrid Opera
 
6                                  Opera de Luxe
                                    The Second Coming of the Paris Opera
                                    Luxurious Lully
 
7                                  The Phantom Founders
                                    Luxury and Privilege at the Opera after Perrin and Lully
                                   The War of Luxury and Simplicity                 
 
Conclusion: Surviving Revolution
Postscript
 
Notes
Bibliography
Index