SUMARIO. Contents // Acknowledgments // Preface // Introduction / One. The Opera Singer and the Media / Two. The Arrival of Film / Three. Art and/or Exploitation: Broadening Definitions of Art in the Popular Setting / Four. The Performer, the Producer and the Product: Recording the Performance / Five. Popularization and Accessibility: The Democratization of an Art Form / Conclusion // Appendix: The Singers and Their Films-Four Case Studies // Filmography // Notes // Bibliography // Index