This is a comprehensive critical study of the nineteenth-century French grand opéra La Juive, by Halévy.

Music, the market, and the marvellous" examines 'féerie', the French fairy play, in the last third of the nineteenth century. It is among the first book-length

The first major study of Saint-Saëns's stage music, timed to coincide with revivals of his operas on stage.

Explores the profession of singing, operatic culture, and the representation of female performers on the nineteenth century French stage.

How did Paris and its musical landscape influence Verdi's La traviata? In this book, Emilio Sala re-examines La traviata in the cultural context of the French c