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Personal profile
Research interests
My research interests focus primarily on nineteenth-century musical culture, especially opera (French, Italian) and other forms of music theatre including melodrama and ballet, in Paris and London. My AHRC-funded project, French Opera and the Revolutionary Sublime, analyses the cataclysmic denouements of a series of works performed in Paris between 1789 and 1830, in the context of France's evolving relationship with revolution. It pays particular attention to staging technologies (including lighting and special effects) and audiences' sensory and emotional experiences. My new Leverhulme Major Research Project examines the activities of the 'Puritani Quartet' in London and Paris during the 1830s and 40s, with a particular focus on the bass, Luigi Lablache, and explores singer networks and mobility in nineteenth-century Europe.
External positions
Coeditor, Cambridge Opera Journal
Vice President, Royal Musical Association
Keywords
- opera
- melodrama
- ballet
- Paris
- Revolution
- nationalism, ethnicity and identity
- Singers
- London
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Italianità abroad: the Puritani Quartet in London and Paris, 1835–1843
1/02/22 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
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Research output
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Music and the Sonorous Sublime in European Culture, 1680–1880
Hibberd, S. (ed.) & Stanyon, M. (ed.), 28 May 2020, Cambridge University Press. 306 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited book
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“The Essence of Nine Trombones”: Luigi Lablache and Models of Masculinity in 1830s London
Hibberd, S., 9 Dec 2019, London Voices (1820–1840): Vocal Performers, Practices, Histories. Parker, R. & Rutherford, S. (eds.). University of Chicago PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
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Scenography, spéculomanie and spectacle: Pixérécourt’s La Citerne
Hibberd, S., 2018, The Melodramatic Moment: Music and Theatrical Culture, 1790–1820. Hambridge, K. & Hicks, J. (eds.). University of Chicago PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
Activities
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Cambridge Opera Journal (Journal)
Sarah Hibberd (Editor)
2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Buxton Festival (Beethoven, Leonore; Bellini, I capuleti)
Sarah Hibberd (Chair)
Jul 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Festival, exhibition, performance
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BBC4 documentary
Sarah Hibberd (Contributor)
2016Activity: Other activity types › Media coverage or participation