Tag: Joaquina Lapinha

  • Half-Caste Actresses in Colonial Brazilian Opera Houses Latin American Theatre Review Volume 45, Number 2, Spring 2012 pages 57-71 DOI: 10.1353/ltr.2012.0016 Rosana Marreco Brescia Universidade Nova de Lisboa Operatic and theatrical historians in both Brazil and Portugal frequently mention that around the last quarter of the 18th century, Queen Maria I forbade women to perform…