Someone else's music : opera and the British / Alexandra Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Alexandra, 1973- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera--Great Britain--20th century.

Opera.

Opera--Great Britain--21st century.

Opera--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Opera--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Classism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Classism.

Classism--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

In Britain today, opera is routinely called elitist. But things were not always so. Examining shifting cultural attitudes over the century from 1920 to 2020, 'Someone Else's Music' reveals a hidden history of popular opera-going in Britain, which defies the opera-elitism stereotype. At the same time, the book traces how, when, and why that stereotype arose. It uses opera as a lens through which to examine the broader history of changing cultural values in the UK, from 1920s Reithian ideals about art's civilising qualities to contemporary culture wars. The controversies opera has prompted over the last century reveal a great deal about national identity - who Britons think they are and who they want to be.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 6, 2025).

ISBN:

0-19-780365-2

0-19-780364-4

0-19-780366-0

OCLC:

1513429765