Christiansen, Rupert
CHRISTIANSEN, Rupert
CHRISTIANSEN, Rupert. British, b. 1954. Genres: History, Music, Writing/Journalism. Career: Associated with Oxford University Press, 1979-82; freelance writer and editor, 1982-. Opera critic: Spectator, 1990-96; Daily Telegraph, 1996-. Publications: Prima Donna: A History, 1984; Romantic Affinities: Portraits from an Age, 1780-1830, 1988; (ed.) The Grand Obsession: A Collins Anthology of Opera, 1988; Tales of the New Babylon, 1869-1875, 1994; Cambridge Arts Theatre: A Collaboration, 1997; The Victorian Visitors, 2000; The Voice of Victorian Sex: Arthur Hugh Clough, 2001; A Pocket Guide to Opera, 2002. Address: c/o PFD, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St, London WC2B 5HA, England. Online address: [email protected]
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