by Claude Dufresne · Fernand Nathan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782092845677
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«Histoire de l'opérette» is Claude Dufresne's historical essay on operetta, published by Fernand Nathan in paperback (175 pages, in French).
Claude Dufresne, librettist of numerous operettas, traces the genre's history from its origins to the present day. The work pays attention to the stages of Vienna and Paris and to the development of operetta in France, with a tone close to the carefree and festive world that characterizes this repertoire.
The cover subtitle is «des origines à nos jours»; the work includes a foreword by Francis Lopez and an index. Published in 1981.
For musical theater enthusiasts who wish to learn about the history of operetta and read in French.
Claude Dufresne was a French writer, best known as the author of numerous historical biographies. He won many prizes among them the Prix Goncourt for biography. Among his subjects were Ninon de Lenclos, Anne de Bretagne, Francois I, George Sand, Balzac, Chopin, Morny, Bernard Blier, Hortense Schneider, the Marquise de Sevigne, Marie Antoinette, Marie Walewska, Jacques Offenbach, Luis Mariano, Tristan Bernard, Berlioz, Mistinguette, etc.
