Musical theater in eighteenth-century Parma : entertainment, sovereignty, reform / by Butler, Margaret Ruth, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the genre problem: reform as continuum and brand -- The genesis of Parma's projet -- Behind the scenes: production and management at the Teatro ducale -- The French entertainments: creation, publicity, propaganda -- Moving on while looking back: Traetta's first Parma operas -- The end of the end of reform: the wedding, the French ambassador's opera -- Traetta's departure -- Conclusion: reform revisited -- Appendix: general chronology.…”
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Musical Theater in Eighteenth-Century Parma : Entertainment, Sovereignty, Reform / by Butler, Margaret Ruth, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the genre problem: reform as continuum and brand -- The genesis of Parma's projet -- Behind the scenes: production and management at the Teatro ducale -- The French entertainments: creation, publicity, propaganda -- Moving on while looking back: Traetta's first Parma operas -- The end of the end of reform: the wedding, the French ambassador's opera -- Traetta's departure -- Conclusion: reform revisited -- Appendix: general chronology.…”
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Tommaso Traetta and the fusion of Italian and French opera in Parma / by Loomis, George W.

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Ippolito ed Aricia -- I Tindaridi -- Le feste d'Imeneo -- Enea e Lavinia -- Recitative -- Arias -- Other genres -- Aspects of Traetta's musical style -- Traetta's reform operas after Parma : Sofonisba, Ifigenia in Tauride, Antigona -- Epilogue.…”
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