Essays on Handel and Italian opera / by Strohm, Reinhard

Table of Contents: “…Heritage: Handel's Italian journey as a European experience ; Alessandro Scarlatti and the eighteenth century ; Handel and his Italian opera texts ; Francesco Gasparini's later operas and Handel -- Operatic practice: Towards an understanding of the opera seria ; An opera autograph of Francesco Gasparini? …”

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

Table of Contents: “…Sacchini and the revival of opera seria -- 4. Recruitment procedures and artistic policy -- 5. …”
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