CHRISTINA FUHRMANN, Foreign Opera at the London Playhouses: From Mozart to Bellini, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015
Susan Rutherford
Abstract
In her new book, Foreign Opera at the London Playhouses: From Mozart to Bellini, Christina Fuhrmann skilfully examines operatic adaptations on the early nineteenth-century London stage from a fresh perspective, showing how they played a vital role in bridging divides between native and continental traditions and in developing new modes of spectatorship.
Keywords
London – Foreign operas – Opera houses – English adaptions – Spectatorship – Review
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