Looks at American opera productions, theaters, personalities, and companies, discusses the influence of Black theater, operetta, and Broadway musicals, and describes opera's place in American culture
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Dizikes (American studies, U. of California, Santa Cruz) provides a cultural and social history of musical theater in the US from 1835 to the present, including vignettes of production, personalities, audiences, and theaters throughout the country. He explores how the very European art was translated to America, audiences in cities and small towns, the contribution of African Americans, operetta, Broadway musicals, and other topics as well as classical and avant-garde opera. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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