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New Orleans and the Creation of Transatlantic Opera, 1819-1859

New Orleans and the Creation of Transatlantic Opera, 1819-1859

Bentley, Charlotte

Hardcover

Series: Opera Lab: Explorations in History, Technology, and Performa

OperaMusic ReferenceRegional: South

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ISBN10: 0226823083
ISBN13: 9780226823089
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Dec 6 2022
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.06
Language: English
A history of nineteenth-century New Orleans and the people who made it a vital, if unexpected, part of an emerging operatic world.

New Orleans and the Creation of Transatlantic Opera, 1819-1859 explores the thriving operatic life of New Orleans in the first half of the nineteenth century, drawing out the transatlantic connections that animated it. By focusing on a variety of individuals, their extended webs of human contacts, and the materials that they moved along with them, this book pieces together what it took to bring opera to New Orleans and the ways in which the city's operatic life shaped contemporary perceptions of global interconnection. The early chapters explore the process of bringing opera to the stage, taking a detailed look at the management of New Orleans's Francophone theater, the Théâtre d'Orléans, as well as the performers who came to the city and the reception they received. But opera's significance was not confined to the theater, and later chapters of the book examine how opera permeated everyday life in New Orleans, through popular sheet music, novels, magazines and visual culture, and dancing in its many ballrooms. Just as New Orleans helped to create transatlantic opera, opera in turn helped to create the city of New Orleans.

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