Cambridge University Press

there is something to fascinate in every paragraph — BBC Music Magazine More…

An intriguing theory that sets the seal on a thoughtful, wide-ranging exploration of a largely forgotten repertory the importance of which Polzonetti argues persuasively — Opera Magazine More…

In both the clarity of its organization and the uniformly high standard of the individual essays, this is an outstanding collection — The Times More…

This volume provides a balanced introduction to the composer's life, times, works, and reception. A useful chronology ... The repolitiizing of the 'Wagner question' is unquestionably one of this... — Choice More…

uses the largely fictitious rivalry between opera divas Francesca Cuzzoni (1696-1778) and Faustina Bordoni (1697-1781) as the departure point for investigating identity and concepts of self in... — Choice More…

Julianne C. Baird has performed an important service in making available an edited translation of his principal publication — The 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…

there is something to fascinate in every paragraph — BBC Music Magazine More…