ABSTRACT
This volume covers opera in Italy, France, England and the Americas during the long nineteenth century (1789-1914). The book is divided into four sections that are thematically, rather than geographically, conceived: Places-essays centering on contexts for operatic culture; Genres and Styles-studies dealing with the question of how operas in this period were put together; Critical Studies of individual works, exemplifying particular critical trends; and Performance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I CONTEXTS
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PART II COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
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PART III CRITICISM
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PART IV PERFORMANCE