Foreign Opera at the London Playhouses: From Mozart to Bellini
Author:   Christina Fuhrmann (Ashland University, Ohio)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107022218


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   24 September 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Foreign Opera at the London Playhouses: From Mozart to Bellini


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Author:   Christina Fuhrmann (Ashland University, Ohio)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9781107022218


ISBN 10:   1107022215
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   24 September 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. A tale of two Boieldieus; 2. The pippin and the pineapple: Rossini and Mozart; 3. 'The flood-gates of foreign music': Der Freischütz; 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, 1814–33; Appendix 2. Reviews of adaptations.

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Christina Fuhrmann is a Professor in the Department of Music at Ashland University, Ohio. Her publications include articles in Nineteenth-Century Music Review and Gender, Sexuality and Early Music and a volume on Romanticism and Opera. Her critical edition of Henry Bishop's adaptation of The Marriage of Figaro was published in 2012.

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