Article: Musikalisches Drama und Boulevard: Franzosische Einflusse auf die italienische Oper im 19. Jahrhundert.(Book Review)

By Sebastian Werr. (Schriftenreihe fur Wissenschaft und Forschung.) Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler, 2002. [vii, 242 p. ISBN 3-476-45291-3. DM 29.90.] Music examples, bibliography, index.

Dealing with Italian opera of the nineteenth century, one is tempted to focus on the mainstream, from Gioacchino Rossini to Giacomo Puccini and with major spotlights on Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Giuseppe Verdi. Recent research, however, has turned to a more context-oriented perspective. Consideration of social, institutional, and aesthetic issues cause questions such as the following to arise: What functions did opera have in social life of the specific culture of ...

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