New,Kickstarting Italian Opera in the Andes: The 1840s and the First Opera Companies

Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Music and theatre in the Andes around 1840
• 2. The framework for Italian opera
• 3. A distruptive form of business
• 4. Repertories of Italian opera
• 5. The limits of Italian opera
• 6. A very personal journey
• Epilogue
• References.