| Contents |
The opera singer and the media -- The arrival of film -- Art and/or exploitation: broadening definitions of art in the popular setting -- The performer, the producer and the product: recording the performance -- Popularization and accessibility: the democratization of an art form -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The singers and their films-four case studies. |
| Abstract |
"This book examines the relationship between the established operatic stars of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the newly developing motion picture industry. It concentrates primarily on developments between 1895 and 1926, from the invention of the commercially exploitable motion picture to the coming of viable sound on film"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-300) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005020082 |
| ISBN | 0786420650 (softcover : alk. paper) |
