Ottoman Empire and European Theatre Vol. IV

The book series “Ottomania” researches cultural transfers between the Ottoman Empire and Europe, with the performing arts as its focus.
In Ottoman Empire and European Theatre, vol. IV: Seraglios in Theatre, Music and Literature, the series continues to explore one of the most popular subjects of eighteenth-century art: the seraglio and its harem. This volume provides a deeper understanding of the seraglio's various manifestations in the artworks, music and theatre of the Austrian/ Habsburg and central European regions, including interconnections with Italy and France, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
The studies examine descriptions of the seraglio by European diplomats, the seraglio's visual traces in European artworks, and depictions of the seraglio in eighteenth-century Austrian Singspiele. They also consider seraglios from the Ottoman point of view and investigate the music of the seraglio in eighteenth-century opera.

Michael Hüttler, Dr. phil., studied theatre, film and media studies as well as journalism and communication studies at Vienna University; he has been conducting research for the DON JUAN ARCHIV WIEN since 2001. From 2007 to 2010 he has been Director of DON JUAN ARCHIV WIEN and since 2011 he is Director of HOLLITZER Verlag.

Hans Ernst Weidinger, Gewerke, Dr. phil., studied law, classical languages, archeology, theatre studies and art history at Vienna University, and dance, voice and piano in Vienna and Prague. Since the 1970s he has dedicated himself to the history of Don Juan materials from its origins until the end of the eighteenth century. He founded the DON JUAN ARCHIV WIEN in the anniversary year 1987.

Both editors are conveners of the international symposia series "Ottoman Empire and European Theatre", which has been held regularly since 2008 in Istanbul and Vienna and whose proceedings are published in the book series "Ottomania".