Costumes and Cosmopolitanism: Italian Opera in the North

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Costumes and Cosmopolitanism : Italian Opera in the North . / Jeanneret, Christine.

In: Cambridge Opera Journal, Vol. 32, 03.2021, p. 27-51.

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Jeanneret, C 2021, 'Costumes and Cosmopolitanism: Italian Opera in the North ', Cambridge Opera Journal, vol. 32, pp. 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954586720000105

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Jeanneret, C. (2021). Costumes and Cosmopolitanism: Italian Opera in the North . Cambridge Opera Journal, 32, 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954586720000105

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Jeanneret C. Costumes and Cosmopolitanism: Italian Opera in the North . Cambridge Opera Journal. 2021 Mar;32:27-51. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954586720000105

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Jeanneret, Christine. / Costumes and Cosmopolitanism : Italian Opera in the North . In: Cambridge Opera Journal. 2021 ; Vol. 32. pp. 27-51.

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