Opera Outside the Box: Notions of Opera in Nineteenth-Century Britain [Paperback]

Opera Outside the Box: Notions of Opera in Nineteenth-Century Britain addresses operatic experiences outside the opera houses of Britain during the nineteenth century. 

This fascinating collection offers a new and unfamiliar view of (mostly) nineteenth-century operas we thought we knew, focusing on their general spread through British culture by means of what the editor calls operatic experiences outside the opera house, and operatically flavored activities. Edited flawlessly by pre-eminent Verdi scholar Roberta Marvin, the volume includes contributions by leading scholars of opera and of Georgian and Victorian musical life, as well as by a few new voices of compelling interest.

Ruth Solie, Professor Emerita, Smith College

Introduction: Opera Outside the Box

Roberta Montemorra Marvin

Chapter 1. Of Shreds and Patches: Operatic Commonplaces in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain

Edward Jacobson

Chapter 2. Perceptions of Verdi in Victorian Britain

Roberta Montemorra Marvin

Chapter 3. Opera and British Choral Culture: Verdis Requiem in London

Chloe Valenti

Chapter 4. A Carnival or a Sacrament, a Fair or a Funeral: The Prima Donna at the British Musical Festival, 1810-1834

Charles Edward McGuire

Chapter 5. Adelaide Kemble and Opera Arias in Concert and Drawing Rooms

Matildie Wium

Chapter 6. Marie Wilton, La! Sonnambula! and the Opening of the Prince of Waless Theatre in 1865

Valeria De Lucca

Chapter 7. Friends and Visitors: Chamber Music, Concert Aestheticlӝ