Reconnecting the Romantic Opera Repertoire: The Forgotten Stage Photographs of the Grand Théâtre de Gand

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sponsorship: Bruno Forment holds degrees in music theory, musicology and theatre studies (Ph.D., University of Gent, 2007). Thanks to BAEF and Fulbright grants, he was a visiting fellow at the University of Southern California. He is the author and editor of (Dis)embodying Myths in Ancien Regime Opera (2012), Theatrical Heritage: Challenges and Opportunities (2015), and Swansong of an Illusion: The Historical Stage Sets of the Municipal Theater of Kortrijk (2016). He has also published essays in, among others, Cambridge Opera Journal, Eighteenth-Century Music, Staging Verdi and Wagner (Brepols, 2015), and Carmen Abroad (forthcoming). His work has been awarded by the Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft and the Province of Western Flanders (Heritage Prize for Research, 2017). He is currently a Research Fellow at the Orpheus Institute, where he investigates the artistic potential of libraries, while teaching at the Royal Conservatoire of Ghent and the Catholic University of Leuven. An earlier version of this essay was read at the 20th Biennial International Conference on NineteenthCentury Music, Huddersfield, 3 July 2018. The author wishes to thank Bruce Alan Brown for his helpful comments, as well as Hendrik Defoort and the staff at the Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent for their always helpful assistance. Digitisation of the photograph collection discussed in this article was financed with a grant from the Research Fund Flanders (FWO). (BAEF, Fulbright grants, Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft, Province of Western Flanders, Research Fund Flanders (FWO))

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