Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influential art-form: opera From its beginnings in the Renaissance cities of northern Italy opera has permeated through Europe, America, and beyond, becoming a global business in the digital age. This history unwraps the story of opera from the charm and chaos of Mozart's Vienna to Frederick the Great's Berlin. It covers the lure of fin-de-siecle Paris, the rough and tumble of the Australian outback, and the new world of the Americas--colorful backdrops...
Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influentia...
A revised and expanded version of the 1989 BBC Reith lectures. Other work by the author includes "Arpentage de la poesie contemporaine," and "Conrad and the West." Other work by the editor includes "America since 1920" and "Kissing cousins: an interpretation of British and American culture."
A revised and expanded version of the 1989 BBC Reith lectures. Other work by the author includes "Arpentage de la poesie contemporaine," and "Conrad a...
