Explores the intersection of the world of opera, literature, and partisan politics to show how Italian opera was put to use in the ‘culture wars’ of the day.
This last of a trilogy of books on opera and politics in Britain examines the cultural politics of opera during the ministerial reign of Sir Robert Walpole from 1720 to 1742. The book explores the intersection of the world of opera, literature, and partisan politics to show how Italian opera – with its associations with the...
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Introduction: Opera and Cultural Politics
1. Rise of Walpole and the Whig Oligarchy
2. The Royal Academy of Music and Its Audience
3. Bolingbroke and the Political Opposi...
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THOMAS MCGEARY holds a Ph D in musicology from the University of Illinois. He is the author of The Politics of Opera in Handel’s Britain, 1720-1742 (CUP, 2013) and O...