Fashionable acts : opera and elite culture in London, 1780-1880 / Jennifer Hall-Witt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall-Witt, Jennifer.

Series:

Becoming modern

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera--Social aspects--England--London--18th century.

Opera.

Opera--Social aspects--England--London--19th century.

Opera--Political aspects--England--London--18th century.

Opera--Political aspects--England--London--19th century.

Elite (Social sciences)--England--London--History--18th century.

Elite (Social sciences).

Elite (Social sciences)--England--London--History--19th century.

Aristocracy (Social class)--England--London--Social life and customs--18th century.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Aristocracy (Social class)--England--London--Social life and customs--19th century.

Manners and customs.

History.

Opera--Political aspects.

Opera--Social aspects.

England--London.

Physical Description:

ix, 390 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover : Published by University Press of New England, [2007]

Summary:

A vibrant look at changes in British elite culture through the lens of opera-going

Contents:

Act one : Georgian patterns. Overture : fashionable acts ; Opera as an "event" : the aesthetics of audience behavior ; A subscription culture : gender and the sociopolitical foundations of opera-going ; To see and to be seen : opera and the "theater of the great"

Act two : Victorian adaptations. Overture to act two ; The commercialization of the opera : entrepreneurs and the expansion of the public ; The refashioning of fashionable society : gender and the transformation of operatic culture ; Listening in new ways : audience behavior and the cultural politics of opera reviewing

Finale : opera and the reform of elite culture

Appendixes. Prices at the King's/Her Majesty's theatre, 1780s-1880 ; Prices at Covent Garden, 1847-1879 ; London's Italian opera managers, 1705-1878 ; Additional tables.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-366) and index.

ISBN:

9781584656258

1584656255

OCLC:

122973092