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Opera on the Move in the Nordic Countries during the Long 19th ...

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298 Camilla Hambro<br />

have <strong>in</strong> comm<strong>on</strong> and how <strong>the</strong>y differ from each o<strong>the</strong>r. Closely related, yet<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g slightly different geographical and historical paths, I Firenze (In<br />

Florence) (1889) and Griebel’s I Rosentiden (The Rose Time) (1895) offer<br />

different historical answers to how opéra comique and ballet music by women<br />

represented, questi<strong>on</strong>ed and (de)c<strong>on</strong>structed c<strong>on</strong>temporary percepti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

of gender. Both exemplify how gender has been a factor <strong>in</strong> music critics’<br />

expectati<strong>on</strong>s to <strong>the</strong>atre music and producti<strong>on</strong>s. Even if gender proves to be<br />

<strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e of several aspects communicated, it is seen as an important plot<br />

trigger. Recepti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>sist of a broad spectrum of everyth<strong>in</strong>g from fair and<br />

balanced descripti<strong>on</strong>s to reviews that openly express general negative attitudes<br />

about women’s ability to compose and stage music drama and <strong>the</strong>atre<br />

music.

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