Women Opera Composers
The history of women in the opera is a grand story. Women were singers and patrons, of course, but from opera''s beginnings in Renaissance Italy, they were also opera composers and librettists. At first it was exclusively for the nobility. In the 19th century, with the emergence of the middle class and the rise of nationalism, there were more public theaters and opera seemed to be everywhere. T...
The history of women in the opera is a grand story. Women were singers and patrons, of course, but from opera''s beginnings in Renaissance Italy, they were also opera composers and librettists. At first it was exclusively for the nobility. In the 19th century, with the emergence of the middle class and the rise of nationalism, there were more public theaters and opera seemed to be everywhere. T...
