Opera, theatrical culture and society in late eighteenth-century Naples / by DelDonna, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Opera, antiquity, and the Neapolitan Enlightenment in Paisiello's Socrate immaginario (1775) -- Naples, carnevale and the commedia per musica : Il convitato di pietra (1783) -- Giovanni Paisiello's Elfrida : operatic idol, martyr and symbol of nation -- Nationalism, cultural identity and the modern Neapolitan kingdom : Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi and Enea, e Lavinia -- Debora e Sisara and the rise of Lenten tragedy -- At the precipice of revolution : Piccinni's Gionata (1792) as drama and diplomacy -- The Neapolitan Ballet d'Action : Il ratto delle Sabine (1780) -- The Neapolitan Ballet d'Action and the art of experimentation.…”
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Anthology for music in the eighteenth century /

Table of Contents: “…Il barbiere di Siviglia: Finale of Act 4 (extract) / Giovanni Paisiello -- 18. Piano concerto no. 17 in G major, K. 453: movement 2 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- 19. …”