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Reba Wissner
Reba Alaina Wissner is a Ph.D. candidate in Musicology at Brandeis University. She holds Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Music and Italian from Hunter College of the City University of New York and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Musicology from Brandeis University. Her dissertation is entitled ‘Of Gods, Myths, and Mortals: Francesco Cavalli’s L’Elena (1659)’. She is a recipient of numerous awards, including an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dissertation Research Grant. In addition to early opera, Wissner’s other research interests include the relationship between music and politics, Jewish music, and music and immigration.