The Marriage between Perfume and the Lyric Stage: The Essence of Opera
Sep 2023 · Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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“But what is this scent of balmy air? What this ray of light in my tomb? I seem to see an angel, amid a scent of roses” sings Florestan in Fidelio, Beethoven’s only opera. The role of scents, smells, fragrances, and odours in opera has long been neglected, just as how much opera and its stars have influenced the world of perfumery from the nineteenth century to the present day. In the first book-length study on the topic, Professor Mary May Robertson explores the relationship between opera, perfumes, and their respective protagonists in order to map out the previously undiscussed connection between the two. Through compelling close readings of librettos and rigorous research through thousands of bottles of perfume, the reader will come to appreciate and recognise the influences and exchanges between operas and perfumes and their ultimate marriage in the previously unrecognised genre of Operatic Perfumes, which is to say, perfumes named after operas, composers, and their divas.
About the author
Before deciding to unite her two lifelong passions – opera and perfumes – in this monograph, Mary May Robertson has been a leading researcher on Tourette’s syndrome for over forty years. After having graduated from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, she has spent most of her life in London, where she has distinguished herself for her pioneering work in the fields of psychiatry and neuropsychiatry. In addition to having co-authored five books, co-edited two, and published over 258 articles in medical journals, she has played a pivotal role in forming the UK Tourette Syndrome Association and the European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome. In 2006, she became the ninth person and the first woman to receive a DSc in medicine from the University of Cape Town. Throughout her career she has received numerous accolades, including three Lifetime Achievement Awards. Currently, she is Professor Emeritus of Neuropsychiatry at University College London.
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