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Opera for the ‘country lout’: Italian opera, national identity and the middlebrow in interwar Britain

Authors :
Alexandra Wilson
Source :
Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 26:54-69
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2021.

Abstract

Italian opera was simultaneously popular and unfashionable in interwar Britain. It was popular with audiences from across the class spectrum. It was unfashionable with intellectuals who were anxiou...

Details

ISSN :
14699583 and 1354571X
Volume :
26
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Modern Italian Studies
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........8817fc165506c079e9d720aed6d8f03c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/1354571x.2021.1883844