The operatic state : cultural policy and the opera house / Ruth Bereson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bereson, Ruth.

Series:

Routledge Harwood studies in cultural policy.

Routledge Harwood studies in cultural policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera.

Cultural policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Operatic State examines the cultural, financial, and political investments that have gone into the maintenance of opera and opera houses in Europe, the USA and Australia. It analyses opera's nearly immutable form throughout wars, revolutions, and vast social changes throughout the world. Bereson argues that by legitimising the power of the state through universally recognised ceremonial ritual, opera enjoys a privileged status across three continents, often to the detriment of popular and indigenous art forms.

Contents:

Cover; THE OPERATIC STATE: Cultural Policy and the Opera House; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCING THE POWER BROKERS; 2 PRINCELY PLEASURES: Princes and Power - The Birthplace of European Opera; 3 OF KINGS AND BARRICADES: From the Heart of Versailles to the Place de la Bastille; 4 THE DISUNITED KINGDOM: London's Operatic Battles; 5 ALONG THE DANUBE AND THE RHINE: Playthings of the Austro-Hungarian and Prussian Empires; 6 THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN - STRONGER AND MORE PERMANENT THAN IDEOLOGIES: Why Opera was Retained by the Bolsheviks

7 MAGNIFICENCE OF THE MET - THE COMMERCIAL FABLE: High Society, Corporations and State8 THE CHIP IN THE HARBOUR; 9 OTHER OPERAS - OTHER WORLDS; 10 BACK TO THE FUTURE?; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-213) and index.

ISBN:

0-415-86829-7

1-134-46995-0

1-280-04701-1

0-203-21939-2

9780203219393

OCLC:

252883331