Opera and society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu Edited by Victoria Johnson, Jane F. Fulcher & Thomas Ertman Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, 2007); xxxii, 406pp; £50, $90. ISBN 9780 521 85675 1.
The Puccini problem: opera, nationalism, and modernity Alexandra Wilson Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, 2007); xii, 321pp; £50, $90. ISBN 9780 521 85688 1.
Society, culture and opera in Florence, 1814-1830 Aubrey S. Garlington Ashgate (London, 2005); xv, 207pp; £60, $120. ISBN 07546 3451 5.
The prima donna and opera, 1815-1930 Susan Rutherford Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, 2006); xii, 381pp; £55, $99. ISBN 9780 521 85167 …