Opera on the Road
Traveling Opera Troupes in the United States, 1825-60

Katherine K. Preston (Author)

9780252070020

Paperback / softback, published 16 July 2001

504 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.739 kg

"Preston has skillfully blazed a trail through an important and largely neglected period in American operatic history. This truly scholarly work has been scrupulously and lovingly researched."--Eugene H. Cropsey, Opera Quarterly

Katherine K. Preston leads the reader on an operatic tour of pre-Civil War America in this cultural study of what was, surprisingly, an almost ubiquitous art form. Her richly detailed examination of itinerant troupes covers orchestral and choral musicians as well as stars, impresarios, business methods, repertories, advertising techniques, itineraries, sizes of companies, and methods of travel.