Theatergeschichte Österreichs / Die Operisti als kulturelles Netzwerk: Der Briefwechsel von Franz und Marianne Pirker, 2 Teile

In the eighteenth century, Italian opera was present in all parts of Europe - constituting a cultural medium which connected courts and centres of power and commerce from Naples to St. Petersburg. Previous research into opera as a European phenomenon has mostly focused on composers, scores and locations, less so on artistic personnel. This increasingly appears as an oversight, given that recent studies concerning the role of the singers in the production process have suggested that the single w ...