Books in the The Ashgate Library of Essays in Opera Studies series

Opera in the first half of the eighteenth century saw the rise of the memorable composer and the memorable work. This book includes essays that capture the principal themes of the research: the 'idea' of opera, opera criticism, the people of opera, and the emerging technologies of opera.

Covers opera in Italy, France, England, and the Americas during the long nineteenth century (1789-1914). This book is divided into four sections that are thematically, rather than geographically, conceived: Places; Genres and Styles; Critical Studies of individual works, exemplifying particular critical trends; and, Performance.