Opera in transnational contexts : circulating identities and cultures / edited by Clair Rowden, Barbara Gentili, and Paulo Kuhl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rowden, Clair, editor.

Gentili, Barbara, editor.

Kühl, Paulo M., editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera and transnationalism.

Opera.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages ): illustrations (black and white.

Edition:

[1].

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.

Contents:

Section One. Identity, Adaptation, Genre. Opera and Modernity in Independent Latin America (1820-1825) / Francesco Milella González Luna ; Reception and Creation of Musical Theatre in the Arab World : A Decolonial Approach / Monica Ruocco ; Nation and Adaptation in Eighteenth-Century Swedish Opera / Satyanita Emma Sohlgren

Section Two. Networks and Impresarios : The Mechanics of the Business. Consuming Operetta : Gender, Genre and the Bandmann Opera Company in Early Twentieth-Century Japan / Amanda Hsieh ; A Global History of the Italian Opera Industry : from Milan to South America (1840s) / Mahima Macchione ; Importing and Adapting between Milan and Paris : The Case of Edoardo Sonzogno / Alessandra Palidda ; Theatre and Soft Power in Fascist Italy : A Place for Opera in the International Arena / Matteo Paoletti

Section Three. The Transnational Reception of Singing and Singers. Continuities and Fissures in the Cultural Reception of Italian Opera and Singers in Early Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires / Barbara Gentili ; Translating Opera in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) and Colombia (Bogotá) in the Nineteenth Century / Paulo M. Kühl ; The Diva and Transnational Singing : Anne Charton-Demeur / Clair Rowden

Section Four. Repertoires, Production and Localities. Transnational Italian Opera Production in Nineteenth-Century Vienna : Aida, a case study / Lorenzo Corsini ; Dreaming of Wagner : Performing Gluck and the Aspiration for a National Theatre in Japan / Naomi Matsumoto ; Adjö Mimi! Margit Rosengren and the Transfer of Popular Musical Theatre to Sweden in the 1920s / Mirjana Plath ; Constructing Opera : Transnational Forces in Opera in Australia (1955-1985) : A Building, a Diva and Three Musical Directors / Stephen Mould.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version Opera in transnational contexts

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781003521402

1003521401

Publisher Number:

90104330786

CIPO000339588

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.