English-Language Opera in Postwar America
English-Language Opera in Postwar America
This chapter is a summary of opera production in America from the end of the 1850s, through the Civil War, and into the halcyon postwar period. The beginning of the opera bouffe craze and the activities of light and grand opera companies are examined within the context of the successful foreign-language troupes during and after the war. American soprano Clara Louise Kellogg exemplifies a successful American prima donna who later became the manager of her own English-language company; during these years, however, she sang in Max Maretzek’s Italian-language ensemble. The operatic activity of this chapter is set against the background of a turbulent period of American social and cultural history; the narrative ends just prior to the Panic of 1873.
Keywords: opera bouffe, Clara Louise Kellogg, Panic of 1873, light opera, grand opera, Civil War era
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