{"title":"Pierpaolo Polzonetti","description":"\u003cp\u003ePierpaolo Polzonetti’s works offer a rich exploration of arts and culture, delving into the nuanced relationship between music, history, and society. His writing often focuses on the world of opera, blending scholarly insight with vivid storytelling to illuminate how food, ritual, and performance intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful and engaging studies that reveal the cultural significance behind artistic expressions, inviting a deeper appreciation of the operatic tradition and its broader impact on human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"feasting-and-fasting-in-opera-by-pierpaolo-polzonetti-9780226804958","title":"Feasting and Fasting in Opera","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeasting and Fasting in Opera\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the consumption of food and drink is an essential component of opera, both on and off stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, opera scholar Pierpaolo Polzonetti explores how convivial culture shaped the birth of opera and opera-going rituals until the mid-nineteenth century, when eating and drinking at the opera house were still common. Through analyses of convivial scenes in operas, the book also shows how the consumption of food and drink, and sharing or the refusal to do so, define characters’ identity and relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeasting and Fasting in Opera\u003c\/i\u003e moves chronologically from around 1480 to the middle of the nineteenth century, when Wagner’s operatic reforms banished refreshments during the performance and mandated a darkened auditorium and absorbed listening. The book focuses on questions of comedy, pleasure, embodiment, and indulgence—looking at fasting, poisoning, food disorders, body types, diet, and social, ethnic, and gender identities—in both tragic and comic operas from Monteverdi to Puccini.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePolzonetti also sheds new light on the diet Maria Callas underwent in preparation for her famous performance as Violetta, the consumptive heroine of Verdi’s \u003ci\u003eLa traviata\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNeither food lovers nor opera scholars will want to miss Polzonetti’s page-turning and imaginative book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596392612076,"sku":"9780226804958","price":93.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/af64188cff7afa7def9beaec2d2bf458.jpg?v=1777929584"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/pierpaolo-polzonetti.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}