A history of nineteenth-century New Orleans and the people who made it a vital, if unexpected, part of an emerging operatic world. New Orleans and the Creation

A study of the networks of opera production and critical discourse that shaped Italian cultural identity during and after Unification. Opera’s role in shaping

This volume of essays discusses the European and global expansion of Italian opera and the significance of this process for debates on opera at home in Italy. C

"From the early days of radio broadcast to today's recorded simulcasts and live online productions, opera houses have embraced technology as a way to reach new

Following the American Revolution, French observers often viewed the United States as a laboratory for the forging of new practices of liberté and égalité, i