The Operatic State: Cultural Policy and the Opera House

Contents

• Acknowledgements.
• 1. Introducing the Powerbrokers
• 2. O Roma O Morte The Origin of European Opera - the Italian Roots
• 3. Of Kings and Barricades From the Heart of Versailles to the Place de la Bastille
• 5. The Disunited Kingdom London's Operatic Battles
• 5. Playthings of the Austro-Hungarian and Prussian Empires
• 6. The Jewel in the Crown Opera in St Petersburg and Moscow Before, During, and After the Russian Revolution. Why Opera Was Retained by the Bolsheviks
• 7. Magnificence of the Met: The Commercial Fable High Society, Corporations, and the State
• 8. The Chip in the Harbour The Queen's Blessing, the Symbol of the New World: Democracy Rears its Unwanted Head
• 9. Other Operas - Other Worlds Nineteenth Century New World Opera Conclusion