This book contemplates the relationship between opera and anthropology. It rests on the
following central arguments: on the one hand, opera is quite a new and “exotic” topic for …

The concept of opera is inseparable from the writing of opera's history. Such a history may
be written from different disciplinary and interdisciplinary standpoints. One may focus on the …

That Theban Musician whose sweet song gave life to stones, Now I am an image carved in
stone. But even though stone, I live, I breathe, and from time to time thus, I sing silently. Now …

It has been the opinion of many, most Christian Queen, that the ancient Greeks and
Romans, in representing their tragedies upon the stage, sang them throughout. But until now …

Based on a cross-examination of records of payments concerning the preparation of the
costumes for a production of Antonio Cesti's Orontea in Rome in 1661 and of contemporary …

Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography that
navigates the vast scholarly resources on the composer with the most updated compilation …

Giovanni Faustini's happy ending is, however, consistent with the dramatic action as well as
with the allegorical content. Faustini's refutation of Giacomo Badoaro's allegory is not merely …

“We admire, with great awe, such wide-ranging ideas;[however], not without some irritation,
for I now cannot recognize this work for my own anymore.” 2 When Giacomo Badoaro, the …

Abkürzungsverzeichnis Page 1 Abkürzungsverzeichnis Abkürzungen lateinischer
Autorennamen und Werktitel Boethius cons. de consolatione philosophiae Gaius Iulius Caesar …

Since the aim of this module is to get you to work with primary sources, the first class will
take the form of a mini-lecture explaining the basic outlines of the subject, providing a …