Nonfiction: How ‘A Mad Love’ of Opera Has Played Out From 17th-Century Mantua to 21st-Century New York

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Vivien Schweitzer’s history of the genre, “A Mad Love,” and Heidi Waleson’s intricate account of the New York City Opera, “Mad Scenes and Exit Arias,” testify to an art that inspires deep passions.

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