{"product_id":"gioachino-rossinis-the-barber-of-seville-paperback","title":"Gioachino Rossini's the Barber of Seville - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHilary Poriss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville\u003c\/em\u003e surveys the opera's fascinating performance history, mapping out the myriad changes that have affected the work since its premiere, exploring many of the personalities responsible for those alterations, and taking into account the range of reactions that these changes have prompted in spectators and critics from the nineteenth century to the present. Opening with a wide-ranging overview of the types of alterations that have been imposed on Rossini's score for the past two centuries, the first chapter addresses the mechanics behind these changes as well as the cultural forces that both fostered and encouraged them. The book next looks at some of the opera's earliest revivals, drawing attention to alterations that were made to the score and to individual singers who were responsible for the changes, especially those who appeared in the roles of Almaviva and Bartolo. An entire chapter is devoted to Rosina, examining the wide array of\u003cbr\u003ecreative liberties that prima donnas have unremittingly and unrepentantly taken with their interpretations of Rossini's character. The final sections turn to the opera's recent history, observing how the Rossini Renaissance brought with it a new dedication to the \"work concept\" and to shedding the types of alterations that had long characterized performances of this work. The book closes with a consideration of operatic consumerism from the nineteenth century to the present, exploring the myriad ways that one can now experience \u003cem\u003eThe Barber of Seville\u003c\/em\u003e in all its recorded, digitized, and commodified glory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHilary Poriss\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Music in the Department of Music and the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University. Her primary research interests are in the areas of 19th-century Italian and French opera, performance practice, diva culture, and the aesthetics of\u003cbr\u003e19th-century musical culture. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eChanging the Score: Arias, Prima Donnas, and the Authority of Performance\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2009), and co-editor of\u003cem\u003e Fashions and Legacies of Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) and \u003cem\u003eThe Arts of the Prima Donna in the Long Nineteenth Century\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, \u003cbr\u003e2012). Her articles and reviews have been published in \u003cem\u003e19th-Century Music\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCambridge Opera Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNineteenth-Century Music\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eReview\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVerdi Forum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMusic \u0026amp; Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, and other musicological books and journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100492980531,"sku":"9780190299644","price":46.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/KzkvcVIvWHdKOUxsaUEzcVBCRFZXZz09.webp?v=1772486122","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/gioachino-rossinis-the-barber-of-seville-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}