Ópera e caricatura: o Teatro de S. Carlos na obra de Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (vol.1)

“The caricaturist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro was a regular visitor to the São Carlos Theatre. In his newspaper O Antonio Maria, he created several caricatures of the performances at this theatre, thus presenting opera in its most comedic aspect. These caricatures provide us with valuable information about singers, managers, audiences, and the cultural life of Lisbon in the late-19th century. The author’s approach focuses on the iconographic-musical aspects in close relationship with musicology, history, sociology, and art history.”