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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Opera in postwar Venice : cultural politics and the avant-garde / by Boyd-Bennett, Harriet, 1969-

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Inventing the business of opera : the impresario and his world in seventeenth-century Venice / by Glixon, Beth Lise, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The business of opera. Introduction to the business of opera in seventeenth-century Venice : people and finances ;…”

Opera in postwar Venice : cultural politics and the avant-garde / by Boyd-Bennett, Harriet, 1969-

Subjects: “…Opera Italy Venice 20th century.…”
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Emblems of eloquence : opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / by Heller, Wendy Beth

Table of Contents: “…The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie femminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- "Disprezzata regina" : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and the conventions of musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan.…”

Emblems of eloquence : opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / by Heller, Wendy, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie femminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- 'Disprezzata regina' : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and the conventions of musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan.…”
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Venetian opera in the seventeenth century. by Worsthorne, Simon Towneley

Subjects: “…Opera Italy Venice.…”

Opera in seventeenth-century Venice : the creation of a genre / by Rosand, Ellen

Subjects: “…Opera Italy Venice 17th century.…”
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Opera in seventeenth-century Venice : the creation of a genre / by Rosand, Ellen

Table of Contents: “…Far recitare un'opera a Venezia : origins and sources. Venetian foundations ; Monteverdi in the wings ; Orfeo and Poppea ; The documents of a history -- Dramma per musica : the question of genre. …”
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The culture wars of the late Renaissance : skeptics, libertines, and opera / by Muir, Edward, 1946-

The culture wars of the late Renaissance : skeptics, libertines, and opera / by Muir, Edward, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The skeptics : Galileo's telescope and Cremonini's headache -- The libertines : the celestial divorce -- The librettists : Poppea in the opera box.…”
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Wagner and Venice / by Barker, John W.

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Falling in love / by Leon, Donna

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The grand tour

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Three loves for three oranges : Gozzi, Meyerhold, Prokofiev /

Table of Contents: “…From divertissement to opera : two Russian Oranges /…”
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Song and season : science, culture, and theatrical time in early modern Venice / by Selfridge-Field, Eleanor

“…The calendar of Venetian opera…”