Divas and scholars : performing Italian opera /
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue. Mare o monti : two summer festivals
- Knowing the score. Setting the stage ; Transmission versus tradition ; Scandal and scholarship ; The romance of the critical edition
- Intermezzo. Scholars and performers : the case of Semiramide
- Performing the opera. Choosing a version ; Serafin's scissors ; Ornamenting Rossini ; Higher and lower : transposing Bellini and Donizetti ; Words and music : texts and translations ; Instruments old and new ; From the score to the stage
- Coda. Two kings head North : transforming Italian opera in Scandinavia.