| Description |
xiv, 482 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [460]-470) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Down the road from Arianna to Zauberflote (c. 1600-1800) -- The birth of Italian opera -- The opera business, Italian style -- Opera crosses the Alps--and the Channel -- Cultural confluence in Mozart's Vienna -- pt. 2. Revolution and Romanticism, c. 1800-1860 -- Napoleon and Beethoven -- After Napoleon: opera as politics, art, and business -- Opera reaches New York--and the wider frontier -- L'Opera -- Fires of London -- pt. 3. Opera Resurgens (c. 1860-1900) -- Culture and politics in Central and Eastern Europe -- New York's Gilded Age -- Prima la donna -- The lion tamers: the ascendancy of the conductor -- pt. 4. Opera in war and peace (c. 1900-1950) -- Opera goes West -- Spreading the message -- Repercussions of war -- Opera under the dictators -- Total war -- pt. 5. The globalization of opera (1945-) -- Emerging from apocalypse -- Building opera in America -- Opera goes global -- New ways of presenting old works -- The show must go on... . |
| Summary |
"From its origins in the courts of northern Italy, to its internationally recognised position in modern culture, the author explores the social history of opera houses and impresarios, composers and patrons, artists and audiences."--From the publisher. |
| Subject |
Opera -- Social aspects.
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Opera -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781843544661 (hbk.) |
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1843544660 |
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9781590203958 |
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159020395X |
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9781843544678 |
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1843544679 |
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9781843544551 |
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