Inventing the Business of Opera explores public opera in its infancy, bringing to life the men and women who successfully established the new genre on the stages of Venice during the seventeenth century. All of the components necessary to opera production are highlighted, from the financial backing, to the libretto and the score, to the singers, dancers, the scenery, and the costumes.
Inventing the Business of Opera explores public opera in its infancy, bringing to life the men and women who successfully established the new genre on the stages of Venice during the seventeenth century. All of the components necessary to opera production are highlighted, from the financial backing, to the libretto and the score, to the singers, dancers, the scenery, and the costumes.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Beth L. Glixon received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1985 and has been an instructor in musicology at the University of Kentucky since 1995. Jonathan Glixon received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1979, and has taught at the University of Washington and, since 1983, at the University of Kentucky, where he is currently Professor of Musicology.
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* Part 1: The Business of Opera * 1: Introduction to the Business of Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice: People and Finances * 2: The Boxes: A Major Source of Income * 3: Marco Faustini and His Companies * 4: Case Studies: Companies and Opera Production at Four Venetian Theaters * Part 2: The Musical Production * 5: The Libretto * 6: The Composition and the Production of the Opera Score * 7: Singers * 8: Dancers, Extras, and the Orchestra * Part 3: The Physical Production * 9: Scenery and Machines * 10: Costumes * Part 4: Consumers and Patrons * 11: The Audience and the Question of Patronage * Appendices * 1: A Brief Chronicle of Opera Productions in Venice from 1651 to 1668 * 2: A Note on the Venetian Social Class System and Venetian Geography * 3: A Note on the Venetian Monetary System * 4: Documents * 56: The Impresario's Year: A Calendar of Marco Faustini's Impresarial Activities for 1651/52 and 1654/55Production Expenses for Three Seasons in the1650s * n 7: Paid Attendance for Six Seasons in the 1650s and 1660s * Glossary
* Part 1: The Business of Opera * 1: Introduction to the Business of Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice: People and Finances * 2: The Boxes: A Major Source of Income * 3: Marco Faustini and His Companies * 4: Case Studies: Companies and Opera Production at Four Venetian Theaters * Part 2: The Musical Production * 5: The Libretto * 6: The Composition and the Production of the Opera Score * 7: Singers * 8: Dancers, Extras, and the Orchestra * Part 3: The Physical Production * 9: Scenery and Machines * 10: Costumes * Part 4: Consumers and Patrons * 11: The Audience and the Question of Patronage * Appendices * 1: A Brief Chronicle of Opera Productions in Venice from 1651 to 1668 * 2: A Note on the Venetian Social Class System and Venetian Geography * 3: A Note on the Venetian Monetary System * 4: Documents * 56: The Impresario's Year: A Calendar of Marco Faustini's Impresarial Activities for 1651/52 and 1654/55Production Expenses for Three Seasons in the1650s * n 7: Paid Attendance for Six Seasons in the 1650s and 1660s * Glossary
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