During the 19th century, Italian opera became truly transatlantic and its rapid expansion is one of the most exciting new areas of study in music and the perfor

This volume of essays discusses the European and global expansion of Italian opera and the significance of this process for debates on opera at home in Italy. C

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This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the 'first great opera', by exploring the influence of th