Landscape and Gender in Italian Opera The Alpine Virgin from Bellini to Puccini |
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| Author:
| Senici, Emanuele |
| Contribution by:
| Groos, Arthur
Carter, Tim
Deathridge, John
Hepokoski, James
Robinson, Paul
Rosand, Ellen |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Opera Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-83437-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $160.95 |
Book Description:
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Emanuele Senici offers a new and unusual look at Italian opera in the nineteenth century, focusing on operas which present Alpine virgins as the female protagonist. The book explores the connection between landscape and gender in opera, from Bellini's La sonnambula (1831) to Puccini's La fanciulla del West (1910).
Emanuele Senici offers a new and unusual look at Italian opera in the nineteenth century, focusing on operas which present Alpine virgins as the female protagonist. The book explores the connection between landscape and gender in opera, from Bellini's La sonnambula (1831) to Puccini's La fanciulla del West (1910).