Transatlantic Arias: Early Opera in Spain and the New World

by Chad Michael Gasta

Overview

Through current theories of ideology, propaganda and musical reception, examines the development and impact of early opera in Spain and the Americas through close examination of the New World's first three extant operas: Tomás de Torrejón's Lima production of "La púrpura de la rosa" (1701), Domenico Zipoli's Jesuit opera, "San Ignacio de Loyola" (ca. 1720), and a recently-discovered indigenous opera from the Jesuit missions, the anonymous "San Francisco Xavier" (ca. 1720-1740).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783954872275
Publisher:	Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Series:	Biblioteca Áurea Hispánica , #89
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	270
File size:	688 KB

About the Author

Chad M. Gasta is Associate Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of World Languages & Cultures at Iowa State University where he also serves as Director of International Studies and Co-Director of the Languages and Cultures for Professions (LCP) program. He has been honored with many all-university teaching awards and is the recipient of the Iowa State International Service Award. Gasta is the author of Imperial Stagings: Empire and Ideology in Transatlantic Theater of Early Modern Spain and the New World and a critical edition of Lazarillo de Tormes.