Ian Woodfield

Opera and Drama in Eighteenth-Century London

The King's Theatre, Garrick and the Business of Performance
Herausgeber: Carter, Tim; Groos, Arthur

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the cultural life of Italian opera in late eighteenth-century London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 727g
• ISBN-13: 9780521800129
• ISBN-10: 0521800129
• Artikelnr.: 29338247

Autorenporträt

Ian Woodfield is Professor of Historical Musicology at The Queen's University of Belfast.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables
List of musical examples
Acknowledgements
A note on conventions
Introduction
1. The Hobart management
2. The new managers take control
3. Sacchini and the revival of opera seria
4. Recruitment procedures and artistic policy
5. The King's Theatre in crisis
6. The recruitment of Lovattini
7. The English community in Rome
8. Lucrezia Agujari at the Pantheon
9. Caterina Gabrielli
10. Rauzzini's last season
11. The King's Theatre flourishes
12. The Queen of Quavers satire
13. Financial management
14. Opera salaries
15. The sale of 1778
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.