A Huge Revolution of Theatrical Commerce - Matteo (Universita degli Studi di Genova) Paoletti - Bog

In the early twentieth century, South America became the most important market for European opera and musical theatre and this Element explores Walter Mocchi's transoceanic role in this revolution. He staged world premieres of works by Italian superstars in Argentina, offering an early example of what Stephen Greenblatt calls 'cultural mobility'.