The Operatic Kaleidoscope : Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Kristen M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music and race.

Gender identity in music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2026.

Summary:

Opera and popular entertainment intersected at the turn of the twentieth century just as Americans debated the terms of citizenship.Kristen M.Turner disentangles the intertwined histories of race, class, gender, culture, and musical style to explain opera's place in the mass culture of the ragtime era.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title Page

Series Page

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I Setting the Stage: Operatic Singers, Repertoire, and Reception

Part II Opera as Social Currency: Debating Uplift and Respectability on the Ragtime Stage

Part III Voicing Identity: Producing Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in American Musical Theater

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Turner, Kristen M. The Operatic Kaleidoscope

ISBN:

9780252049279

OCLC:

1612726812