{"product_id":"landscape-and-gender-in-italian-opera-the-alpine-virgin-from-bellini-to-puccini-hardback-9780521834377","title":"Landscape and Gender in Italian Opera; The Alpine Virgin from Bellini to Puccini (Hardback) 9780521834377","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLandscape and Gender in Italian Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Alpine Virgin from Bellini to Puccini\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn unusual look at Italian opera in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmanuele Senici (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521834377, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 August 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 15 b\/w illus.  26 music examples\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 16.4 x 2.4 cm, 0.71 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: '… a wide-ranging interdisciplinary exploration of a major aspect of Romanticism neglected in previous studies of nineteenth-century opera. … There is excellent material on the literary sources … This is a deeply intelligent study.' Musical Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this unusual study, Emanuele Senici explores the connection between landscape and gender in Italian opera through the emblematic figure of the Alpine virgin. In the nineteenth century, operas portraying an emphatically virginal heroine, a woman defined by her virginity, were often set in the mountains, most frequently the Alps. The clarity of the sky, the whiteness of the snow and the purity of the air were associated with the 'innocence' of the female protagonist. Senici discusses a number of works particularly relevant to the origins, transformations and meanings of this conventional association including Bellini's La sonnambula (1831), Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix (1842), Verdi's Luisa Miller (1849), and Puccini's La fanciulla del West (1910). This convention presents an unusual point of view - a theme rather than a composer, a librettist, a singer or a genre - from which to observe Italian opera 'at work' over a century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of musical examples\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Virgins, mountains, opera\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'At the foot of the Alps': The landscape of La sonnambula\u003cbr\u003e 3. Linda di Chamounix and the ideology of chastity\u003cbr\u003e 4. The politics of genre in Luisa Miller\u003cbr\u003e 5. Deflowering the Alps: from I promessi sposi to La Wally and Fedora\u003cbr\u003e 6. La fanciulla del West: a new landscape for a new virgin\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e], Romantic music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Romantic music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Romantic%20music%20%5Bc%201830%20to%20c%201900%5D%20%5BAVGC5%5D%22\"\u003ec 1830 to c 1900 AVGC5\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003667140888,"sku":"9780521834377","price":83.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521834377i_7fa68e33-683f-4c7d-af89-bc4ffad06399.jpg?v=1691368514","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/landscape-and-gender-in-italian-opera-the-alpine-virgin-from-bellini-to-puccini-hardback-9780521834377","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}