Hutchinson, Catherine Lucy Jean. 2019. Naturalising Semiramide in 1842: Adaptation, Spectacle and English Prima Donnas. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London [Thesis] https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/26473/ The version presented here may differ from the published, performed or presented work. Please go to the persistent GRO record above for more information. If you believe that any material held in the repository infringes copyright law, please contact the Repository Team at Goldsmiths, University of London via the following email address:
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[email protected] Naturalising Semiramide in 1842: Adaptation, Spectacle and English Prima Donnas by Catherine Lucy Jean Hutchinson A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Goldsmiths, University of London 2019 Declaration of Authorship I Catherine Lucy Jean Hutchinson hereby declare that this thesis and the work presented in it is entirely my own. Where I have consulted the work of others, this is always clearly stated. ……………………………………. 28 May 2019 2 Acknowledgements I would like to thank the many friends and colleagues who have helped me along the way with this thesis. In particular, I would like to thank Anthony Pryer, who was my supervisor for most of the PhD process and who took me through numerous iterations of the thesis; Tamsin Alexander, who took over as supervisor and corrected some of my ideas about London music; and Naomi Matsumoto, who first suggested to Anthony Pryer that I conduct research about bel canto opera in London and was my supervisor in the final stages of the project.