Italian opera and European theatre, 1680-1720 : plots, performers, dramaturgies / Melania Bucciarelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bucciarelli, Melania.

Series:

Speculum musicae ; v. 7.

Speculum musicae ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera--Italy--17th century.

Opera.

Opera--Italy--18th century.

Theater.

History.

Italy.

Theater--Europe--History--17th century.

Theater--Europe--History--18th century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 227 pages : illustrations, music, facsimiles ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, 2000.

Summary:

What emerges from this study, is a picture of 18th -century opera as a literary work as well as a theatrical and musical event in its challenging and variable interactions of poetry, music, gesture and decor. This is illuminated by an exploration of both the context of ideas in which opera flourished and the aims that animated those who where involved with its existence -- poets, composers, performers, dramatists, impresari, patrons, audiences -- in an attempt to penetrate the secrets of its appeal, of that tacit agreement between authors and audiences, that made it possible for dramatists, musicians and stage designers to manipulate spectators' emotions and reactions as successfully as many sources document.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

2503510213

OCLC:

45820161