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Makes an important contribution to our understanding of musical theatre, genre, at the northern Italian courts just before and during opera's gestational period.... There is much fascinating material that adds considerably to our understanding of the professional theatrical woman in the late 16th century.... scholars, performers and early music enthusiasts interested in understanding both branches of Italian musical theatre--the 'air, light and juices' that fed both opera and commedia dell'arte-- will find this a fascinating and challenging book to read. --Early Music<br> Anne MacNeil weaves...diverse topics together in ways that reveal a wealth of connections that often contradict superficial appearances. She does not gloss over contradictory evidence, but highlights the complexity of the questions raised by her work. The book is an important contribution to all of the fields of the study that it involves. ... The book is a significant contribution to the history of Italian music and theatre and their relationships to culture and politics in the period around 1600. By successfully integrating numerous fields of study, it enriches our understanding of all of them. --Music and Letters<br>

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Anne MacNeil is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and currently holds a faculty appointment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With an extensive background in both scholarship and performance studies, Professor MacNeil makes appearances internationally as both a speaker and visiting scholar. Her previous academic appointments include the University of Texas at Austin and Northwestern University.

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