Opera Observed: Views of a Florentine Impresario in the Early Eighteenth Century

by William C. Holmes

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William C. Holmes provides a rare look behind the scenes into the world of early eighteenth-century Italian opera. Based on a rich store of newly recovered documents, mainly the personal papers of Luca Casimiro degli Albizzi, this social history illuminates the complexities of staging opera in the 1720s and '30s: the role of the impresario in planning an operatic season, financial and artistic difficulties, the importance of patronage, the power of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226349713

ISBN13:9780226349718

Release Date:January 1994

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:266 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Music Musical Genres Opera Performing Arts

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