Inventing the business of opera : the impresario and his world in seventeenth-century Venice / Beth L. Glixon, Jonathan E. Glixon.
Material type: TextSeries: AMS studies in musicPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xxvi, 398 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0195154169 (alk. paper); 9780195154160Subject(s): Opera -- Production and direction -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 17th centuryDDC classification: 792.502/3/09453109032 LOC classification: ML1733.8.V4 | G65 2006Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Α (Stack Room A) | Main Collection | ML1733.8.V4G65 2006 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0013109229 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-381) and index.
The business of opera. Introduction to the business of opera in seventeenth-century Venice : people and finances ; The boxes : a major source of income ; Marco Faustini and his companies ; Case studies : companies and opera production at four Venetian theaters -- The musical production. The libretto ; The composition and the production of the opera score ; Singers ; Dancers, extras, and the orchestra -- The physical production. Scenery and machines ; Costumes -- Consumers and patrons. The audience and the question of patronage.
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