Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Introducing Performances Chapter 3 Chapter 2: Performing Opera in Theory and Practice Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Performance and the Practical Management of Dramaturgy Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Performing Characters and Meanings Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Performing 'The Queen of Spades' Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Performing the Company Chapter 8 Chapter 7: Performing Lives and Voices Chapter 9 Chapter 8: Performing Mundane Ecstasy Chapter 10 Appendix: The Operas Chapter 11 References

About the Author

Paul Atkinson is a social anthropologist and Distinguished Research Professor in Sociology at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Wales as well as associate director of the ESRC Research Centre on Social and Economic Aspects of Genomics. He is co-editor of the journal Qualitative Research, and co-author of Key Themes in Qualitative Research, with Amanda Coffey and Sarah Delamont.