Browse: Cambridge University Press (publisher), Opera & Song

Rather than looking at the influence of American operettas on European stage productions (the customary approach), this excellent study focuses on the influence of German operettas on the stages... — Choice More…

There is an interesting discussion of whether opera was beneficial or dangerous for the mentally ill. This exploration of the intersection of two important aspects of 19th-century Western life... — Choice More…

excellent, helpful, informative, and interesting — Music and Letters More…

The author is interested in Britten's ideology and studies this by focusing on the origins, nature, and structure of the ideas in the operas. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty,... — Choice More…

[This book] deserves to take its place ... on the short (but growing) bookshelf of every operetta lover — Gramophone Magazine More…

[an] important contribution to the history of 19th century French music, to the history of musicians, and to the history of women, whose scientific impact is likely to be felt far beyond boundaries... — Revue de musicologie More…

a stimulating book which keeps its focus true despite the almost perverse range of subject matter ... [a] dizzying intellectual switchback — Musical Times More…

Hallman is successful in creating a vivid account of the complicated political and cultural diversity of mid-nineteenth-century Paris. ... a thoroughly researched and well-written text — Nineteenth-Century Music Review More…