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This dissertation emerged out of an archival study of Italian opera libretti published between 1800 and 1835. Many of these libretti, in contrast to their eighteenth-century counterparts, contain lengthy historical introductions, extended scenic descriptions, anthropological foo…

Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896), one of the most famous opera composers of Italian Opera from the Americas during his lifetime, is still largely unknown outside his home country of Brazil. Gomes lived and trained in Milan for several years, starting in 1864, with four of his op…