During the 19th century, Italian opera became truly transatlantic and its rapid expansion is one of the most exciting new areas of study in music and the performing arts. Beyond the Atlantic coasts, opera searched for new ...

By reading the chronicles of Machado de Assis, we come into contact with many cultures and literatures, among them the Italian one. The curious thing is that the writer never left Brazil, so his knowledge of Italy was ...

The 1844 Teatro Victoria in Valparaiso, Chile, can be considered the first purpose-built opera house in the Andean region of the Americas. Managed by impresario Pietro Alessandri, it became the centre of an early operatic ...