Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- 8 Visiting, Strolling, Masquerading, Dancing
- 9 Staging Europeanness
- 10 Theater, the Civilizing Mission, and Global Entertainment
- 11 The One World of Workers of the Dramatic Arts
- 12 Beer Consumption and Production on Mediterranean Shores
- 13 Beer, the Drink of a Changing World
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - Staging Europeanness
The Rise of the Eastern Mediterranean Opera
from Part III - The City’s New Pleasures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2020
Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- 8 Visiting, Strolling, Masquerading, Dancing
- 9 Staging Europeanness
- 10 Theater, the Civilizing Mission, and Global Entertainment
- 11 The One World of Workers of the Dramatic Arts
- 12 Beer Consumption and Production on Mediterranean Shores
- 13 Beer, the Drink of a Changing World
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Theater and opera venues around the Eastern Mediterranean in the nineteenth century evolved not so much by state initiative and also only rarely due to municipal or citizens' initiative. It was mainly Italian migrant stage workers who took the initiative to establish permanent stages in Istanbul and Izmir around the middle of the nineteenth century and later in Thessaloniki. Following a period of destruction by fire and decay and a rise of multipurpose cafés chantants as venues, a second wave of bigger and more glamorous stages dedicated primarily to opera was established.
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- Port Cities of the Eastern MediterraneanUrban Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire, pp. 122 - 137Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020