Female Deaths as a cliché in Opera: Alexandra Wilson takes us through a portrait and analysis of Giacomo Puccini’s compositions and his relationship with female figures, in life and in the operaRead more ›
A new translation recently published in Italy by Meltemi provides a fine opportunity to rediscover the work of this by no means conventional American intellectual who made the history of feminismRead more ›
Not just Otello, Aida and Carmen: Giuliano Danieli’s column for Caliban offers an overview of musicological studies on the relationship between opera history and exoticism, racism and machismoRead more ›
What is ‘blackface’? A term virtually unknown in Italy until recently, it is related to minstrel shows. Author Neelam Srivastava traces its history and issues in the world of OperaRead more ›
