Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera

'divas And Scholars' Is An Account Of How Opera Comes To The Stage, Filled With Philip Gossett's Personal Experiences Of Triumphant - And Even Failed - Performances And Suffused With His Towering And Tonic Passion For Music. Writing As A Fan, A Musician, And A Scholar, Gossett, The World's Leading Authority On The Performance Of Italian Opera, Brings Colourfully To Life The Problems, And Occasionally The Scandals, That Attend The Production Of Some Of The World's Most Favourite Operas. Prologue. Mare O Monti : Two Summer Festivals -- Knowing The Score. Setting The Stage ; Transmission Versus Tradition ; Scandal And Scholarship ; The Romance Of The Critical Edition -- Intermezzo. Scholars And Performers : The Case Of Semiramide -- Performing The Opera. Choosing A Version ; Serafin's Scissors ; Ornamenting Rossini ; Higher And Lower : Transposing Bellini And Donizetti ; Words And Music : Texts And Translations ; Instruments Old And New ; From The Score To The Stage -- Coda. Two Kings Head North : Transforming Italian Opera In Scandinavia. Philip Gossett. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [621]-642) And Indexes.