Research interests
Catherine’s research interests include domestic-music making, consumption, elite identity, femininity and masculinity, cultural transfer, and the development of British national identity during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Her doctoral research contributes to the initiative of the ‘Sound Heritage’ research network to explore and unearth music collections in historic houses.
Publications and papers
“Italian Opera to ‘English Song’: Translated Vocal Repertoire in Georgian Britain.” In Music, Song, and Translation, ed. Helen Julia Minors. Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2021.
“The Singers Preceptor: Learning from Italian Masters.” In A Passion for Opera: The Duchess and the Georgian Stage, ed. Jeanice Brooks, Katrina Faulds, and Wiebke Thormählen. To accompany the exhibition at Boughton House, Northamptonshire, July-September 2019. Boughton House: Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust, 2019.
"Consuming Italian Opera: Domestic Music-Making in the Elite Georgian Household.” Guest Lecture for the Southampton Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies Research Forum Series, October 2019.
“Italian Opera and Elite Identity in Georgian Britain: Exploring the Musical Patronage of Elizabeth, 3rd Duchess of Buccleuch (1743-1827).” Paper for the International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Congress on the Enlightenment, July 2019.
“Translating Italian Opera: The Role of Translated Vocal Repertoire in Georgian Britain.” Paper for the 4th International Conference on Itineraries in Translation History, December 2018.
“Music and the Country House: The Role of Italian Singing Masters in Georgian Britain.” Paper for the Untold Stories of the Country House Conference, March 2018.
“Italian Singing Masters and their Students: The Vocal Tuition of Domestic Performers in Georgian Britain.” Paper for the Royal Music Association Postgraduate Conference, January 2018.
PhD supervision
Professor Jeanice Brooks (University of Southampton), Dr Cristina Marinatti (Cardiff University), Professor Francesco Izzo
Research group
MOGS (Music on the Global Stage)
Affiliate research groups
SCECS (Southampton Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies), TRAM (“Translation, representation, adaptation, and movement”: SWW DTP research cluster)
