Inventing the business of opera : the impresario and his world in seventeenth-century Venice

Inventing the business of opera : the impresario and his world in seventeenth-century Venice / Beth L. Glixon, Jonathan E. Glixon.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glixon, Beth Lise, 1952-
Other Authors: Glixon, Jonathan Emmanuel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, U.K. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:AMS studies in music
Subjects:
Opera > Production and direction > Italy > Venice > History > 17th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • The business of opera. Introduction to the business of opera in seventeenth-century Venice : people and finances ; The boxes : a major source of income ; Marco Faustini and his companies ; Case studies : companies and opera production at four Venetian theaters
  • The musical production. The libretto ; The composition and the production of the opera score ; Singers ; Dancers, extras, and the orchestra
  • The physical production. Scenery and machines ; Costumes
  • Consumers and patrons. The audience and the question of patronage.

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