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The story of soprano and opera impresaria Emma Carelli (1877–1928) has often been recounted as the tale of a successful prima donna who rather abruptly turned to opera management in order to assist her husband, Walter Mocchi, in his entrepreneurial ventures. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished primary sources – including Carelli's scrapbooks, critics’ reviews and a set of letters she wrote to the impresario, critic and agent Adolfo Re Riccardi – my article demonstrates that Carelli's choice was entirely self-motivated and the product of her unique set of individual attributes. The significance of Carelli's journey can best be understood by situating the singer and impresaria within her contemporary social landscape and by examining her personal story through the lens of women's history. Such a perspective unveils the strategies that she adopted to enact a stirring ideal of femininity in opposition to the values of the liberal state in early twentieth-century Italy.
女高音歌唱家、歌剧表演艺术家埃玛-卡雷利（1877-1928 年）的故事经常被描述为一个成功的首席女高音歌唱家为了协助丈夫沃尔特-莫奇（Walter Mocchi）创业而突然转向歌剧管理的故事。我的文章利用大量未公开的原始资料--包括卡雷利的剪贴簿、评论家的评论以及她写给剧作家、评论家兼经纪人阿道夫-雷-里卡尔迪（Adolfo Re Riccardi）的一系列信件--证明卡雷利的选择完全是出于自我动机，是她独特个人特质的产物。通过将这位歌手和表演艺术家置于她所处的当代社会环境中，并通过妇女历史的视角来审视她的个人故事，可以更好地理解卡瑞丽的心路历程的意义。这种视角揭示了她所采取的策略，即在二十世纪初的意大利，她为实现女性的动人理想而采取的与自由主义国家价值观相对立的策略。
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Containing lively and provocative essays, Cambridge Opera Journal has a well-established reputation for publishing first-rate scholarship on opera in all its manifestations. The Journal not only contains material on all aspects of the European canon, it has now widened its scope to publish high-quality essays on American opera and musical theatre, on non-Western music theatres, and on contemporary works. Carefully researched and often illustrated with music examples and pictures, articles adopt a wide spectrum of critical approaches. As well as major articles, each issue generally includes reviews on recent publications of importance in the field.
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