Opera in Warsaw

af Anna (Stony Brook University Parkitna

A microcosm of busy operatic life during the reign of the enlightened King Stanis¿aw August Poniatowski (r. 1764-95), Warsaw reveals complex processes and entanglements affecting dissemination of opera in the late eighteenth-century. To the fun-loving city torn by whimsical contradictions, imported as well as domestic opera provided attractive and increasingly accessible urban entertainment, while also serving important utilitarian functions prescribed by local initiatives. Warsaw's participatio... (Læs mere)