Opera on the road : traveling opera troupes in the United States, 1825-60 / Katherine K. Preston
1993, 1st edition. Urbana : University of Illinois Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #388507
ISBN: 0252019741
Physical description; 479 pp.: illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; 1. Vocal-star Troupes -- 2. Jane Shirreff and John Wilson, Vocal Stars, 1838-40 -- 3. Italian Opera Companies, 1825-60 -- 4. Max Maretzek and His Astor Place Opera Company, 1850-51 -- 5. English Opera Companies, 1841-60 -- 6. The Pyne and Harrison English Opera Company, 1855-56 -- A. Personnel of Italian Opera Troupes, 1833-47 -- B. Itinerant Opera Companies, 1841-48 -- C. Itineraries of Italian Opera Companies, 1847-60 -- D. English Opera Companies, 1847-60. Subjects; Geschichte 1825-1860. Opera United States 19th century.
Price: €14.95