Abstract
The opera has occupied important space in the cultural life of Rio de Janeiro, receiving, during the period of implementation of the Republic, special attention of chroniclers and critics who were in the press. These intellectuals perceived in opera a form to promote civilization and the improvement of the city's artistic taste. Thus, the opera figured, for a significant part of these writers, as an aspect that should be included in the modernization plans, integrating a project of civilization and modernization, linked to other proposals discussed at that time, including the urban reform of Rio de Janeiro, put into practice in the early years of the twentieth century.
Keywords
Opera; modernization; Rio de Janeiro; musical modernization