The Adaptability of Opera: When Different Social Agents Come to Common Ground Author(s): Vlado Kotnik Source: International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, Vol. 44, No. 2 (DECEMBER 2013), pp. 303-342 Published by: Croatian Musicological Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23594802 Accessed: 06-07-2017 19:53 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms Croatian Musicological Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music This content downloaded from 198.199.32.254 on Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:53:06 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms V. Kotnik: The Adaptability of Opera: IRASM 44 (2013) 2: 303-342 When Different Social Agents Come to Common Ground Vlado Kotnik ra^uuy ui nuiiicn nuca, University of Primorska Science and Research Centre, Garibaldijeva 1 The Adaptability of Opera: 6000 KOPER, Slovenia When Different Social UDC: 782.1:78.067 Original Scholarly Paper Agents Come to Common Izvorni znanstveni Clanak Received: October 12, 2012 Ground Primljeno: 12. listopada 2012. Accepted: January 15, 2013 Prihvaceno: 15. sijeinja 2013. Abstract - Résumé Adaptability is the key word when referring to the social history of opera, its institu tions, its protagonists, its Introduction sponsors, its audiences and publics.