Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- 8 Visiting, Strolling, Masquerading, Dancing
- 9 Staging Europeanness
- 10 Theater, the Civilizing Mission, and Global Entertainment
- 11 The One World of Workers of the Dramatic Arts
- 12 Beer Consumption and Production on Mediterranean Shores
- 13 Beer, the Drink of a Changing World
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
11 - The One World of Workers of the Dramatic Arts
from Part III - The City’s New Pleasures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2020
Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- 8 Visiting, Strolling, Masquerading, Dancing
- 9 Staging Europeanness
- 10 Theater, the Civilizing Mission, and Global Entertainment
- 11 The One World of Workers of the Dramatic Arts
- 12 Beer Consumption and Production on Mediterranean Shores
- 13 Beer, the Drink of a Changing World
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Ottoman court and theaters attracted countless Italian performers especially of opera as well as composers, and proved themselves as potential steps toward a career in Italian or global theater. Strong demand by the Eastern Mediterranean audience sustained their careers. Early composers and dramatists of pieces in Turkish profited from education in France or Italy. By contrast, early performers of drama and opera in Turkish were recruited from a subaltern milieu of local Armenians that received much criticism due to their accent or lacking grasp of the Turkish language.
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- Port Cities of the Eastern MediterraneanUrban Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire, pp. 157 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020