Voicing britannia: opera, gender, and jews, 1760-1830
Auteur :
Erman, Uri
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780197784044
Date de publication :
17 avr. 2026
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
According to a widely held view in eighteenth-century Britain, Britons were inherently unmusical. Through a detailed historiography of singers breaking new ground for opera in the country -- high-pitched men, virtuosic prima donnas, and Jews -- Voicing Britannia explores how the changing landscape of opera was negotiated in British society.