Opera Books
The Triumph of Pleasure: Louis XIV and the Politics of Spectacle
"Prominent components of Louis XIV's propaganda, the arts of spectacle also became sources of a potent resistance to the monarchy in late seventeenth-century France. With a particular focus on the...
Read MoreAntonio Salieri and Viennese Opera
By John A. Rice
Bringing Salieri, his operas, and eighteenth-century Viennese theater vividly to life, Rice places Salieri where he belongs: no longer lurking in Mozart's shadow, but standing proudly among the lea...
Read MoreVerdi's theater
Gilles de Van focuses on an often neglected aspect of Verdi's operas: their effectiveness as theater. De Van argues that two main aesthetic conceptions underlie all of Verdi's works: that of the "m...
Read MoreSeventeenth century opera and the sound of the commedia dell arte
Highlighting productive ties between the two worlds of Italian opera and commedia dell'arte, from the audiences and venues to the actors and singers, Wilbourne brilliantly shows how the sound of co...
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