This volume brings together ten essays focusing on the diversity of operatic institutions, their protagonists, and historical fortunes in Europe from 1730 to 19

This edited volume brings together academic specialists writing on the multi-media operatic form from a range of disciplines: comparative literature, history, s

Covering over 1500 singers from the birth of opera to the present day, this marvelous volume will be an essential resource for all serious opera lovers and an i

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Since its origin, opera has been identified with the performance and negotiation of power. Once theaters specifically for opera were established, that connectio