A new chronology of Venetian opera and related genres, 1660-1760 / Eleanor Selfridge-Field.

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Main Author: Selfridge-Field, Eleanor
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Series:Calendar of Venetian opera.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Interpreting the Calendar of Venetian Opera
  • 1.1. Principles of Venetian Timekeeping
  • 1.2. Theatrical Time
  • 1.3. Seasonal Components and Interpretations
  • 1.4. News Sources for Theatrical Time
  • 2. Perspectives on the Repertory
  • 2.1. Composers
  • 2.2. Librettists
  • 2.3. Dramatic Genres
  • 2.4. Theaters
  • 2.5. Incidental Items (Entr 'actes)
  • 2.6. Dedicatees
  • 2.7. Subject Matter
  • 2.8. Staging and Scenery
  • 2.9. Musical Performance
  • 2.10. Reception of Works
  • 2.11. Musical Sources
  • 2.12. Interplay of Work Attributes
  • 3. User Guide
  • 3.1. Organization
  • 3.2. Statistical Bases
  • 3.3. Factual Information
  • 3.4. Background Information and Documentation
  • 3.5. Source Material
  • 3.6. Editorial Issues
  • 3.7. Selective Views of the Material
  • Opera Productions: A Chronology
  • 1660-69
  • 1670-79
  • 1680-89
  • 1690-99
  • 1700-09
  • 1710-19
  • 1720-29
  • 1730-39
  • 1740-49
  • 1750-59
  • Opera's Margins: A Series of Supplements
  • 1. Unproduced and Undatable Works
  • 2. Operas and Comedies in Marginal Years of the Century
  • 2a. Opera Productions, 1660-1665
  • 2b. Datable Opera Openings, 1753-1760
  • 2c. Datable Comedy Openings, 1749-1760
  • 2d. Undatable Opera Productions, 1753-1760
  • 3. Dramas associated with Music
  • 3a. Comedies, Tragedies, and Musical Satires
  • 3b. Satires and Tracts on Music-Dramas
  • 4. Intermezzi
  • 4a. Intermezzi given with Operas
  • 4b. Intermezzi given with Comedies and Tragedies
  • 5. Private and/or Special Entertainments
  • 5a. Serenatas
  • 5b. Works for the Last Night of Carnival
  • 5c. Operas Performed with Puppets
  • 5d. Benefit Recitals
  • 5e. Equestrian ballets
  • 6. Works for Ducal Entertainments
  • 7. Works for Academies and Societies
  • 8. Moral and Sacred Dramas
  • 9. Music-Dramas given in the Ospedali
  • App. 1. Doges, Popes, and Patriarchs
  • App. 2. Civic, Liturgical, and Theatrical Markers by Year (1600-1797)
  • App. 3. Currency Values and Exchange Rates
  • App. 4. Dated Opera Openings by Theater
  • App. 5. Dated Opera Openings by Theatrical Period.