TY - BOOK AU - Gossett,Philip TI - Divas and scholars: performing Italian opera SN - 0226304825 AV - ML1700 U1 - 782.10945 PY - 2006/// CY - Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] PB - Univ. of Chicago Press KW - Opera KW - Production and direction KW - Operas KW - Performances KW - Performance N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [621]-642) and indexes N2 - Prologue. Mare o monti : two summer festivals -- Knowing the score. Setting the stage ; Transmission versus tradition ; Scandal and scholarship ; The romance of the critical edition -- Intermezzo. Scholars and performers : the case of Semiramide -- Performing the opera. Choosing a version ; Serafin's scissors ; Ornamenting Rossini ; Higher and lower : transposing Bellini and Donizetti ; Words and music : texts and translations ; Instruments old and new ; From the score to the stage -- Coda. Two kings head North : transforming Italian opera in Scandinavia UR - http://www.gbv.de/dms/hbz/toc/ht014939495.pdf UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2005032151-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2005032151-d.html ER -