2 Transatlantic Production and Transatlantic Reception: Positioning New Orleans through Grand Opéra

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 “Un théâtre est une machine difficile à mouvoir” Developing a Transatlantic Cultural Institution 20
6. 2 Transatlantic Production and Transatlantic Reception: Positioning New Orleans through Grand Opéra 54
7. 3 Audiences and Publics: Opera in the Sociocultural Fabric of New Orleans 78
8. 4 Opera’s Material Culture and the Creation of Global Intimacy 103
9. 5 Reimagining New Orleans in Operatic Travelogues 138
10. Epilogue. From the Transatlantic to the Global: Beyond the Théâtre d’Orléans 166
11. Acknowledgments 171
12. Author’s Note 173
13. Appendix 1 Théâtre d’Orléans Pro Forma Contract 175
14. Notes 185
15. Bibliography 231
16. Index 251