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George K. Haggett shows how an opera once hailed as a national masterpiece became a flashpoint for cultural backlash when queer meaning was made visible.
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"For anyone with a serious interest in opera, highly recommended!"-Eric A. Gordon, People’s World. Edward W. Said's SAID ON OPERA presents his insightful and elegant analyses of four major operas. buff.ly/eoYHSsz ‪@peoplesworld1924.bsky.social‬

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Revising today for the Routledge Handbook of Global Literature and Culture in the Romantic Era

The piece I’m contributing isn’t exactly global, literary, or romantic—but a transnational reading of 'Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio,' a bilingual English–Diné Bizaad opera by Laura Tohe

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Vocal Ornamentation in the Zarzuela Isabelina

🎶 New Research on Spanish Vocal Heritage reveals Italian opera's influence.

Read "Vocal Ornamentation in the Zarzuela Isabelina" by musicologist David Lawton
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Call for Papers zur internationalen Tagung Adaption – Übersetzung – „Bavarisierung“. Opernpraxis in Bayern (4.–6. Dezember 2025, Orff-Zentrum München) Die Operngeschichte im geographischen Gebiet des heutigen Bayern ist eine Geschichte vielfältiger Praktiken, die in dieser Tagung unter den Begriffen der Adaption, Übersetzung oder „Bavarisierung“ …

Spannender Call for Papers für eine Konferenz unserer Gesellschaft. Es geht um Bearbeitungen von Opern!
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