Footnote:
Serie der Verlagsseite und dem Verlagsprospekt entnommen, steht nicht im Buch
Im Vorwort: "This book emerged from the conferene "Opera as institution: networks and professions", which took place in Graz from 23 to 24 November 2018 as a cooperation between the Universities of Graz and Salzburg"
Description:
This volume brings together ten essays focusing on the diversity of operatic institutions, their protagonists, and historical fortunes in Europe from 1730 to 1917. Its aim is not to understand operatic institutions as locally distinct and isolated organizations, but rather to perceive them as a part of a historically fluctuating, transnational network: a network that was shaped among other things by individual professionals and groups in the opera business (and beyond), as well as by specific socio-cultural and political surroundings. The volume offers new perspectives on a wide range of topics, including networks of cultural exchange, singers as agents in shaping institutional structures, and the influence of socio-cultural, diplomatic, and political factors on operatic production across international borders.0