Sentimental opera : questions of genre in the age of bourgeois drama / by Castelvecchi, Stefano, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…TableauxDiderotians; Mixed, median, monstrous; 4 Opera as drame; Mercier the dramaturge; On 'drame' and the use of words; Two déserteurs, or virtue rewarded and virtue chastised; Three Venetian disertori; 5 Sensibility and the moral cure; Sentiment and sensibility; In the labyrinth of the 'folles par amour'; Moral cure and absorption; A salon, a lodge, a circle; 6 A sentimental opera; An epoch-making experiment; A Utopian fantasy; Sentimental settings; To listen for the sentiment; 7 Sentimental, anti-sentimental; A perpetual interplay; Figaro's family; Society and its discontents; Dissonances.…”
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Monstrous opera : Rameau and the tragic tradition / by Dill, Charles William

Table of Contents: “…Monstrous opera -- Different tragedies -- Rameau's twins -- Rameau mise-en-scene -- In the mirror.…”
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The singing Turk : Ottoman power and operatic emotions on the European stage from the siege of Vienna to the age of Napoleon / by Wolff, Larry

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : operatic representation and the Triplex Confinium -- The captive sultan : operatic transfigurations of the Ottoman menace after the siege of Vienna -- The generous Turk : captive Christians and operatic comedy in Paris -- The triumphant sultana : Suleiman and his operatic harem -- The Turkish subjects of Gluck and Haydn : comic opera in war and peace -- Osmin in Vienna : Mozart's Abduction and the centennial of the Ottoman siege -- "To honor the emperor" : Pasha Selim and Emperor Joseph in the age of enlightened absolutism -- The Ottoman adventures of Rossini and Napoleon : Kaimacacchi and Missipipi at La Scala -- Pappataci and Kaimakan : reflections in a Mediterranean mirror -- An Ottoman prince in the romantic imagination : the libertine adventures of Rossini's Turkish traveler -- Maometto in Naples and Venice : the operatic charisma of the conqueror -- Rossini's Siege of Paris : Ottoman subjects in the French restoration -- The decline and disappearance of the singing Turk : Ottoman reform, the Eastern question, and the European operatic repertory.…”
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Ombra : Supernatural Music in the Eighteenth Century. by McClelland, Clive

Table of Contents: “…Ombra; Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Ombra Music in Context; Chapter 2 Tonality (Opera); Chapter 3 Harmony and Line (Opera); Chapter 4 Tempo and Rhythm (Opera); Chapter 5 Texture, Dynamics and Instrumentation (Opera); Chapter 6 Case Studies in Opera; Chapter 7 Ombra in Sacred Music; Chapter 8 Ombra in Instrumental Music; Chapter 9 Ombra after Mozart; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.…”
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At the origins of classical opera : Carlo Goldoni and the "dramma giocoso per musica" / by Rista, Pervinca

Table of Contents: “…The other Goldoni -- The foundations of musical comedy -- New directions -- A new source for classical opera: Goldoni's drammi giocosi -- How comedy changed opera -- Goldoni's musical legacy.…”
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Performing operas for Mozart : impresarios, singers and troupes / by Woodfield, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Pasquale Bondini -- Die Entführung aus dem Serail -- The Italian troupe in Prague -- The Prague Figaro -- The genesis of Don Giovanni -- The première of Don Giovanni -- The casting of Don Giovanni -- The Leipzig Don Giovanni -- The 1788 Prague Don Giovanni -- Mozart's music in Leipzig -- Josepha Duschek's academy (22 April 1788) -- Mozart's academy (12 May 1789) -- Guardasoni in Warsaw -- The première of La clemenza di Tito -- The Leipzig reception of the Da Ponte operas (1792-1794) -- Guardasoni diversifies.…”
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Opera in the age of Rousseau : music, confrontation, realism / by Charlton, David, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Opera as a subject of debate ; The querelle : 'two ridiculous theses' ; Visions of reform -- Italian opera for Paris. …”
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Antonio Salieri and Viennese Opera / by Rice, John A.

Table of Contents: “…From Venice to Vienna -- Opera in Vienna, 1766-76 : theaters, management, personnel -- Goldonian opera buffa in Vienna before Salieri -- Constructing Le donne letterate -- Youthful exploration and experiment -- Three Goldonian comedies -- Joseph II and the end of the impresarial decade -- Italy, 1778-80 -- Joseph's Singspiel troupe and Der Rauchfangkehrer -- Les Danaïdes -- Joseph's Italian troupe and the renewal of Viennese opera buffa -- Between Paris and Vienna : Tarare and Axur re d'Ormus -- Da Ponte, Ferrarese and Hofkapellmeister Salieri -- Mozart and Salieri -- Leopold II, Tomeoni and the triumph of Neapolitan opera buffa -- Withdrawal and reemergence, 1792-96 -- Salieri's last operas and the end of Viennese Italian opera -- Appendix : A chronological list of Salieri's operas.…”
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Handel's operas, 1726-1741 / by Dean, Winton

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Die Opera buffa in Europa : Verbreitungs- und Transformationsprozesse einer neuen Gattung (1740-1765) / by Zedler, Andrea, Hoven, Lena van der, Knaus, Kordula

Table of Contents: “…2 Die europäische Verbreitung der Opera buffa im Überblick --…”
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The politics of opera in Handel's Britain / by McGeary, Thomas, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Opera and political allegory : When is it an allegory? …”
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Staging the French Revolution : cultural politics and the Paris Opéra, 1789-1794 / by Darlow, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Opera during the Terror -- 5. Finances and Repertory -- 6. …”
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Opera in the development of German critical thought / by Flaherty, Gloria, 1938-1992

Subjects: “…Opera Germany 18th century.…”
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The Italian opera singers in Mozart's Vienna / by Link, Dorothea

Table of Contents: “…The Establishment and Management of the Italian Opera Company at the Vienna Court Theater -- Classification of Operatic Roles, Voice Types, and Singing Styles -- Casting Information in Scores and Librettos of the Operas Produced in the Italian Company, 1783-91 -- Nancy Storace : The Italian Company, 1783-84 -- Nancy Storace : The Company Stabilizes, 1784-85 -- Nancy Storace's Annus Horribilis and Celeste Coltellini, 1785-86 -- Nancy Storace's Exuberant Year, 1786-87 -- Anna Morichelli Comes and Goes, 1787-88 -- Luisa Laschi : The Year of the Three Prima Donnas, 1788-89 -- Adriana Ferrarese : Opera on a Shoestring, 1789-90 -- Adriana Ferrarese : Portents of Change, 1790-91 -- A Neapolitan Prima Donna and the End of Josephine Opera, 1791-92.…”
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The culture of opera buffa in Mozart's Vienna : a poetics of entertainment / by Hunter, Mary Kathleen, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Opera Buffa as Entertainment.…”
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Opera and drama in eighteenth-century London : the King's Theatre, Garrick and the business of performance / by Woodfield, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Hobart management -- The new managers take control -- Sacchini and the revival of opera seria -- Recruitment procedures and artistic policy -- The King's Theatre in crisis -- The recruitment of Lovattini -- The English community in Rome -- Lucrezia Agujari at the Pantheon -- Caterina Gabrielli -- Rauzzini's last season -- The King's Theatre flourishes -- The Queen of Quavers satire -- Financial management -- Opera salaries -- The sale of 1778 -- Appendices. …”
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The Culture of Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna : a Poetics of Entertainment. by Hunter, Mary

Subjects: “…Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Operas.…”
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OPER DER AUFKLRUNG AUFKLRUNG DER OPER : francesco algarottis saggio sopra.

Subjects: “…Opera 18th century.…”
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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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Great Women on Stage : the Reception of Women Monarchs from Antiquity in Baroque Opera. by Droß-Krüpe, Kerstin

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Pages; Contents; Acknowledgements; Kerstin Droß-Krüpe: Great Women on Stage: the Reception of Women Monarchs from Antiquity in Baroque Opera; Bibliography; Kerstin Weiand: The Polyvalence of Antiquity: Remarks on the Reception of Classical Antiquity in Early Modern Europe; I. …”
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