Divas and Scholars

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ISBN: 9780226304885

Preface 
PROLOGUE
1. Mare o monti: Two Summer Festivals
PART I - KNOWING THE SCORE
2. Setting the Stage
3. Transmission versus Tradition
4. Scandal and Scholarship
5. The Romance of the Critical Edition
INTERMEZZO
6. Scholars and Performers: The Case of Semiramide
PART II - PERFORMING THE OPERA
7. Choosing a Version
8. Serafin’s Scissors
9. Ornamenting Rossini
10. Higher and Lower: Transposing Bellini and Donizetti
11. Words and Music: Texts and Translations
12. Instruments Old and New
13. From the Score to the Stage
CODA
14. Two Kings Head North: Italian Opera in Scandinavia
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index to Operas and Performances
General Index