The Singing Turk
Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to the Age of Napoleon
These musical samples are intended to accompany the text of the book.
CHAPTER TWO: The Generous Turk: Captive Christians and Operatic Comedy in Paris
CHAPTER THREE: The Triumphant Sultana: Suleiman and His Operatic Harem
CHAPTER FOUR: The Turkish Subjects of Gluck and Haydn: Comic Opera in War and Peace
CHAPTER FIVE: Osmin in Vienna: Mozart’s Abduction and the Centennial of the Ottoman Siege
CHAPTER SEVEN: The Ottoman Adventures of Rossini and Napoleon: Kaimacacchi and Missipipi at La Scala
CHAPTER EIGHT: Pappataci and Kaimakan: Reflections in a Mediterranean Mirror
CHAPTER TEN: Maometto in Naples and Venice: The Operatic Charisma of the Conqueror
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Rossini’s Siege of Paris: Ottoman Subjects in the French Restoration