Foreign Opera at the London Playhouses

Foreign Opera at the London Playhouses

From Mozart to Bellini

Fuhrmann, Christina (Ashland University, Ohio)

Cambridge University Press

09/2015

272

Dura

Inglês

9781107022218

15 a 20 dias

London operatic adaptations have been maligned, but this comprehensive study demonstrates their importance to theatre, opera and canon formation.
Introduction; 1. A tale of two Boieldieus; 2. The pippin and the pineapple: Rossini and Mozart; 3. 'The flood-gates of foreign music': Der Freischutz; 4. The search for Weber's successor; 5. Mozart and Rossini revisited; 6. Grand opera: competition and copyright; 7. Of foreigners and fidelity; Appendix 1. Operas adapted for the London playhouses, 1814-1833; Appendix 2. Reviews of adaptations.
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