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Divas and Scholars – Performing Italian Opera Philip Gossett
Divas and Scholars – Performing Italian Opera
Philip Gossett
Gives an account of how opera comes to the stage. This work reveals the problems, and occasionally the scandals, that attend the production of some of our favorite operas. It also traces the social history of nineteenth-century Italian theaters in order to explain the nature of the musical scores from which performers have long worked.
698 pages, 92 musical examples
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 1, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226304878 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 704 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 154 × 37 mm · 938 g |
| Language | English |