Opera and Festive Culture in Baroque Siena
by
Colleen Reardon
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
After their military defeat by the Florentines in the mid-sixteenth century, the citizens of Siena turned from politics to celebratory, social occasions to express their civic identity and show their capacity for collective action. In the first major work of its kind, Colleen Reardon opens a window...