| Description |
xvi, 401 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Overture : Russia's imperial prima donnas -- Russian Minervas staging empire -- The play of possibilities : serfs enacting aristocrats, countesses playing peasants -- Catherine the empress(ario) : making tales into princely operas -- Oleg at the roots of Russian historical opera -- Interlude : to patria and nation -- Ruslan and Liudmila: the princess, the witch, and the dwarf -- Rusalka : water, power, and women -- Mlada and the spellbinding female circle -- Sadko : he is the hero! -- The inescapable queen. |
| Subject |
Opera -- Russia -- 18th century.
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Opera. |
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Russia. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Opera -- Russia -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Empresses -- Russia -- History -- 18th century.
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Empresses. |
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History. |
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Women opera producers and directors -- Russia -- History -- 18th century.
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Women opera producers and directors. |
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Kings and rulers in opera.
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Kings and rulers in opera. |
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Women in opera.
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Women in opera. |
| ISBN |
9780195340587 alkaline paper |
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0195340582 alkaline paper |
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