Explores the rich and varied interactions between nineteenth-century science and the world of opera for the first time.

Opera Acts explores a wealth of new historical material about singers in the late nineteenth century and challenges the idea that this was a period of decline f

Focuses on the operatic soprano as the diva and her relationships with technology from the 1820s to the digital age.

This Companion presents a new understanding of the relationship between music and culture in and around the nineteenth century, and encourages readers to explor

This book traces the role played by music within asylums, the participation of staff and patients in musical activity, and the links drawn between music, health