A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760 / Eleanor Selfridge-Field.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selfridge-Field, Eleanor, Author.

Series:

The Calendar of Venetian Opera

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (784 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

From 1637 to the middle of the eighteenth century, Venice was the world center for operatic activity. No exact chronology of the Venetian stage during this period has previously existed in any language. This reference work, the culmination of two decades of research throughout Europe, provides a secure ordering of 800 operas and 650 related works from the period 1660 to 1760. Derived from thousands of manuscript news-sheets and other unpublished materials, the Chronology provides a wealth of new information on about 1500 works. Each entry in this production-based survey provides not only perfunctory reference information but also a synopsis of the text, eyewitness accounts, and pointers to surviving musical scores. What emerges, in addition to secure dates, is a profusion of new information about events, personalities, patronage, and the response of opera to changing political and social dynamics. Appendixes and supplements provide basic information in Venetian history for music, drama, and theater scholars who are not specialists in Italian studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Figures

Tables

Abbreviations and Citations

Icons

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Interpreting the Calendar of Venetian Opera

2. Perspectives on the Repertory

3. User Guide

Opera Productions: A Chronology

The 1660s: An Overview

The 1670s: An Overview

The 1680s: An Overview

The 1690s: An Overview

The 1700s: An Overview

The 1710s: An Overview

The 1720s: An Overview

The 1730s: Overview

The 1740s: An Overview

The 1750s: An Overview

Opera's Margins: A Series of Supplements

Opera's Margins: An Introduction

1. Unproduced and Undatable Works

2. Operas and Comedies in Marginal Years of the Century

3. Dramas associated with Music

4. Intermezzi

5. Private and/or Special Entertainments

6. Works for Ducal Entertainments

7. Works for Academies and Societies

8. Moral and Sacred Dramas

9. Music-Dramas given in the Ospedali

Appendices

1. Doges, Popes, and Patriarchs

2. Civic, Liturgical, and Theatrical Markers by Year (1600-1797)

3. Currency Values and Exchange Rates

4. Dated Opera Openings by Theater

5. Dated Opera Openings by Theatrical Period

Concordances and Reference Statistics

Sources Consulted: Printed Works

Sources Consulted : Archival Sources

General Index

Index of Musical, Dramatic, and Literary Works

Index of Stage Names, Locales, and Peoples

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-1997-4

OCLC:

1294426708