Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia Dell'arte

by Emily Wilbourne

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In this book, Emily Wilbourne boldly traces the roots of early opera back to the sounds of the commedia dell'arte. Along the way, she forges a new history of Italian opera, from the court pieces of the early seventeenth century to the public stages of Venice more than fifty years later.

Wilbourne considers a series of case studies structured around the most important and widely explored operas of the period: Monteverdi's lost L'Arianna,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:022640157X

ISBN13:9780226401577

Release Date:November 2016

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography History Music

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