Curating Opera: Reinventing the Past Through Museums of Opera and Art

by Stephen Mould

Curation as a concept and a catchword in modern parlance has, over recent decades, become deeply ingrained in modern culture. The purpose of this study is to explore the curatorial forces at work within the modern opera house and to examine the functionaries and processes that guide them. In turn, comparisons are made with the workings of the traditional art museum, where artworks are studied, preserved, restored, displayed and contextualised -...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036746781X
• ISBN13: 9780367467814
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"