Operatic geographies :: the place of opera and the opera house /

Opera and its urban environment have developed side-by-side throughout the genre's 400-year history. This volume of essays applies the lens of cultural geography to contend that the notion and performance of place are as important to opera's instantiations and developmental history as this...

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Other Authors: Aspden, Suzanne (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Opera and its urban environment have developed side-by-side throughout the genre's 400-year history. This volume of essays applies the lens of cultural geography to contend that the notion and performance of place are as important to opera's instantiations and developmental history as this most prestigious of art forms has been to the development of civic and national identity wherever opera is established.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 321 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (255-310) and index.
ISBN:9780226596150
022659615X

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