Mark Everist

The writings contained in this volume are truly representative of a scholar who has made a lasting impression on the field of French opera in the mid-nineteenth century — Nineteenth-Century Music ReviewMore…

Everist's book is best seen as a statement of faith in writing about music theatre, for the future, in a new way, respecting legal as well as social fashions — The TimesMore…

Everist shows us that Gluck himself has sometimes been lost to the repertory, only to be found again, creating each time a new opportunity to reassert his interrupted claims on the operatic... — The TimesMore…

An impressive series of practical investigations ... a revisionist work of great importance ... this account will become a classic of its genre — Musical TimesMore…

The writings contained in this volume are truly representative of a scholar who has made a lasting impression on the field of French opera in the mid-nineteenth century — Nineteenth-Century Music ReviewMore…