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Lina Cavalieri: the Life of Opera's Greatest Beauty, 1874-1944
A prominent star in both pre-Revolutionary Russia and New York, Lina Cavalieri, described as "the most beautiful woman in the world," was one of the most frequently photographed …
Women in the Arts in the Belle Epoque
This collection of new essays explores the role played by women practitioners in the arts during the period often referred to as the Belle Epoque, a turn of the century period in …
Eleonora Duse and Cenere (Ashes)
The silent film Cenere (Ashes) is the only cinematic ""expression"" of Eleonora Duse (1858-1924), the greatest of all Italian actresses. Taken from the homonymous novel by Grazia …
The Opera Singer and the Silent Film
Film technology developments in the early 20th century opened up a new world of possibilities for the motion picture industry, and opera, relying as it did on the melodramatic …
Blockbusters of Victorian Theater, 1850-1910
This edited collection of essays details a wide-ranging selection of some of the most sensationally successful theatre productions of the long Victorian era, the real …
The Composer on Screen
This collection of essays explores the many and varied ways in which composers have been depicted on the cinema screen. Beginning with some of the very earliest silent films …
Opera in the Media Age
A collection of essays that explores the relationship between opera and the development of media technology from the late 19th to the early 21st century. Examining the subject from …