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The Work of Opera: Genre, Nationhood, and Sexual Difference

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The Work of Opera: Genre, Nationhood, and Sexual Difference - Dellamora, Richard (Editor), and Fischlin, Daniel (Editor)
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In this significant collection of original essays, preeminent literary and cultural critics, musicologists, and queer theorists delve into the way opera shapes national character through its representations of gender, sexuality, and class. The book includes essays on the works of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and others and examines the impact of such modern phenomena as AIDS. 10 photos. 15 music examples.

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The Work of Opera: Genre, Nationhood, and Sexual Difference 1997, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231109451

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