Opera, the state and society / Thomas Ertman
The business of opera / Nicholas Payne
The operatic event: opera and opera audiences / Nicholas Till
'Too much music': the media of opera / Christopher Morris
Voices and singers / Susan Rutherford
Opera and modes of theatrical production / Simon Williams
Opera and the technologies of theatrical production / Nicholas Ridout
The dramaturgy of opera / Laurel E. Zeiss
Genre and poetics / Alessandra Campana
The operatic work: texts, performances, receptions and repertories / Nicholas Till
Opera and gender studies / Heather Hadlock
Opera and national identity / Suzanne Aspden
'An exotic and irrational entertainment': opera and our others; opera as other / Nicholas Till.
