Description Since its origin, Opera has been identified with the performance and negotiation of power.
Yet the importance of the Opera house\'s physical situation, and the ways in which Opera and the Opera House have shaped each other, have seldom been treated as topics worthy of examination..
Once theaters specifically for Opera were established, that connection was expressed in the design and situation of the buildings themselves, as much as through the content of Operatic works.
Description Since its origin, Opera has been identified with the performance and negotiation of power