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Opera Seria

Opera Seria is a genre of eighteenth-century Italian opera that belongs to the broader category of serious opera, distinguished by its adherence to formal structural conventions, use of mythological or historical subjects, and emphasis on virtuosic solo arias intended to express heightened emotional states.

17

Publications

567

Citations

15

Authors

3

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Variants

Serious Opera

Parents

Publications

17

Dramma per musica: Italian opera seria of the eighteenth century

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 87 citations

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Italian Opera and Arson in Late Eighteenth-Century London

Curtis Price · Journal of the American Musicological Society · 1989 · 75 citations

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Italian Opera and Arson in Late Eighteenth-Century London

Curtis Price · Journal of the American Musicological Society · 1989 · 62 citations

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Opera and sovereignty: transforming myths in eighteenth-century Italy

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 58 citations

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Magic Mirrors and the Seria Stage: Thoughts toward a Ritual View

Martha S. Feldman · Journal of the American Musicological Society · 1995 · 55 citations

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Authors

15

  1. GS
    Giulia Scalas

    Savoirs, Textes, Langage, France

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. RN
    Robert N. Freeman

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. WH
    W Heller

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. WD
    Winton Dean

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. TS
    Teri Silvio

    Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

    1 publications · 18 citations

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Institutions

3

  1. Savoirs, Textes, Langage

    Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  2. New York University Press

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  3. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the American Musicological Society

    3 publications · 192 citations

    3

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 159 citations

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  3. Cambridge Opera Journal

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  4. Early Music

    2 publications · 26 citations

    2

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  5. GLQ A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

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