Opera and drama in eighteenth-century London : the King's Theatre, Garrick and the business of performance / Ian Woodfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodfield, Ian, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in opera.

Cambridge studies in opera

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King's Theatre (London, England)--Management.

King's Theatre (London, England).

Theater management--England--London--18th century.

Theater management.

Opera--England--London--18th century.

Opera.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Opera & Drama in Eighteenth-Century London

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this study, Ian Woodfield explores the cultural and commercial life of Italian opera in late eighteenth-century London. It was a period when theatre and opera worlds mixed, venues were shared, and agents and managers collaborated and competed. Through primary sources, many analysed for the first time, Woodfield examines such issues as finances, recruitment policy, the handling of singers and composers, links with Paris and Italy, and the role of women in opera management. These key topics are also placed within the context of a personal dispute between two of the most important managers of the day, the woman writer Frances Brooke and the actor David Garrick, which influenced the running of the major venues, the King's Theatre, Drury Lane and Covent Garden. Woodfield has also uncovered new information concerning the influential role of the eighteenth-century music historian and critic Charles Burney, as artistic advisor to the King's Theatre.

Contents:

1. The Hobart management

2. The new managers take control

3. Sacchini and the revival of opera seria

4. Recruitment procedures and artistic policy

5. The King's Theatre in crisis

6. The recruitment of Lovattini

7. The English community in Rome

8. Lucrezia Agujari at the Pantheon

9. Caterina Gabrielli

10. Rauzzini's last season

11. The King's Theatre flourishes

12. The Queen of Quavers satire

13. Financial management

14. Opera salaries

15. The sale of 1778

App. 1a. The accounts of Richard Yates and James Brooke at Henry Hoare & Co. (1773-1777)

App. 1b. The customers account ledgers of Sheridan and Harris (1778-1779)

App. 1c. Selected entries from the account of Jonathan Garton at Drummonds Bank (1778-1779)

App. 1d. The account of Gasparo Pacchierotti at Coutts & Co. (1779-1784)

App. 1e. A page of opera payments and receipts in the Salt MSS (1780)

App. 2a. Petition to the Lord Chamberlain (c. 1770)

App. 2b. Petition to the Lord Chamberlain (c. 1775)

App. 2c. Draft petition to the Lord Chamberlain from Sheridan and Harris (1777)

App. 3a. Journal Etranger, No. 1 (June 1777)

App. 3b. Opera reviews from Journal Etranger (1777-1778).

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-330) and index.

ISBN:

9780511105487

0511105487

9781107122376

1107122376

9781280433085

1280433086

9780511175589

0511175582

9780511015984

0511015984

9780511156038

0511156030

9780511329036

0511329032

9780511481758

0511481756

9780511047398

0511047398

OCLC:

475915909

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07575 hdl