Abstract-Résumé Adaptability is the key word when referring to the social history of opera, its
institu tions, its protagonists, its sponsors, its audiences and publics. This paper intends to …

Abstract-Résumé This article examines the historical constitution and construction of prima
donna, probably the most intrinsic institution of opera expand-ing from the end of the …

Based on an ethnographic study of an international opera company, the paper reports a
number of aspects of preparation, rehearsal and performance. It documents the creation of …

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 …

Today more than ever before, we are witnessing complex trajectories of global elite
migrations as illuminated by a rapidly increasing stream of elite niched professionals trying …

Abstract 'I cannot live without opera: I always wanted to be an opera star, like Maria Callas or
Anna Netrebko, to sing in best theaters and to live in different countries'. This is the de jour …

It was May 2014. The 2013 financial statement had just been approved, and the Venice
opera house was celebrating the third consecutive year of break even, despite a continuous …

Apstrakt: U radu autor na autorefleksivan način prezentuje ispovest koja još nije bila javno
ispričana ili u potpunosti napisana, ali je istinita, a tiče se nekih specifičnih akademskih …

Starting from the analysis of what remains of the opera Petar Svačić, composed in 1902 in
Trieste by Josip Mandić to a libretto by Karlo Lukež, the paper discusses the ideas of …

Tarpukario Lietuvos operinė kultūra nebuvo vienalytis fenomenas, greičiau–gana
konfliktiška ir polemiška meninės produkcijos ir kritikos lauko sąveika. Jos centre atsidūrė …