Fashionable acts : opera and elite culture in London, 1780-1880 / Jennifer Hall-Witt.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hall-Witt, Jennifer
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Hanover : University of New Hampshire Press ; Published by University Press of New England, ©2007.
Series:	Becoming modern.
Subjects:	Opera > Social aspects > England > London > 18th century. Opera > Social aspects > England > London > 19th century. Opera > Political aspects > England > London > 18th century. Opera > Political aspects > England > London > 19th century. Elite (Social sciences) > England > London > History > 18th century. Elite (Social sciences) > England > London > History > 19th century. Aristocracy (Social class) > England > London > Social life and customs > 18th century. Aristocracy (Social class) > England > London > Social life and customs > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Act one : Georgian patterns. Overture : fashionable acts ; Opera as an "event" : the aesthetics of audience behavior ; A subscription culture : gender and the sociopolitical foundations of opera-going ; To see and to be seen : opera and the "theater of the great"
Act two : Victorian adaptations. Overture to act two ; The commercialization of the opera : entrepreneurs and the expansion of the public ; The refashioning of fashionable society : gender and the transformation of operatic culture ; Listening in new ways : audience behavior and the cultural politics of opera reviewing
Finale : opera and the reform of elite culture
Appendixes. Prices at the King's/Her Majesty's theatre, 1780s-1880 ; Prices at Covent Garden, 1847-1879 ; London's Italian opera managers, 1705-1878 ; Additional tables.

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