An opera house for the "Paris of South America" -- "It was love at first sight" : biography and social trajectory of standing-room dwellers -- Becoming an opera fan : cultural membership, mediation, and differentiation -- Moral listening : symbolic boundaries, work on the self, and passionate engagement -- Heroes, pilgrims, addicts, and nostalgics : repertories of engagement in the quest for transcendence -- "They were playing in their shirtsleeves!" : downfall, memory work, and high-culture nationalism -- "We've told you all about our life" : conclusions and implications.
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