基本説明
Examines the cultural, financial, and political investments that have gone into the maintenance of opera and opera houses in Europe, the USA and Australia.
Full Description
The Operatic State examines the cultural, financial, and political investments that have gone into the maintenance of opera and opera houses in Europe, the USA and Australia. It analyses opera's nearly immutable form throughout wars, revolutions, and vast social changes throughout the world. Bereson argues that by legitimising the power of the state through universally recognised ceremonial ritual, opera enjoys a privileged status across three continents, often to the detriment of popular and indigenous art forms.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introducing the Power Brokers; Chapter 2 Princely Pleasures; Chapter 3 Of Kings and Barricades; Chapter 4 The Disunited Kingdom; Chapter 5 Along the Danube and the Rhine; Chapter 6 The Jewel in the Crown-Stronger and More Permanent than Ideologies; Chapter 7 Magnificence of the Met the Commercial Fable; Chapter 8 The Chip in the Harbour; Chapter 9 Other Operas - Other Worlds; Chapter 10 Back to the Future?;
