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ISBN: 0199912262 0199875162 9780199875160 9780199380909 0199380902 9780195393613 0195393619 9780195393620 0195393627 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York
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ISBN: 9780195154160 0195154169 0199868484 1429461845 1280965703 0195348362 9786610965700 0195342976 9780195342970 Year: 2006 Volume: *1 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : Oxford university press,
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In mid-seventeenth-century Venice, opera first emerged from courts and private drawing rooms to become a form of public entertainment. Early commercial operas were elaborate spectacles, featuring ornate costumes and set design along with dancing and music. As ambitious works of theater, these productions required not only significant financial backing, but also strong managers to oversee several months of rehearsals and performances. These impresarios were responsible for every facet of production from contracting the cast to balancing the books at season's end. The systems they created still survive, in part, today. Inventing the Business of Opera explores public opera in its infancy, from 1637 to 1677, when theater owners and impresarios established Venice as the operatic capital of Europe. Drawing on extensive new documentation, the book studies all of the components necessary to opera production, from the financial backing and the issue of patronage to the commissioning and creation of the libretto and the score; the recruitment and employment of singers, dancers, and instrumentalists; the production of the scenery and the costumes; and the nature of the audience. The authors examine the challenges faced by four separate Venetian theaters during the seventeenth century, and focus particularly on the progress of Marco Faustini, the impresario most well known today. Faustini made his way from one of Venice's smallest theaters to one of the largest, and his advancement provides a personal view of an impresario and his partners, who ranged from Venetian nobles to artisans. Throughout the book, Venice emerges as a city that prized novelty over economy, with new repertory, scenery, costumes, and expensive singers the rule rather than the exception. Through close examination of an extraordinary cache of documents--including personal papers, account books, and correspondence--Beth and Jonathan Glixon provide a comprehensive view of opera production in mid seventeenth
Theatre management --- Music --- anno 1600-1699 --- Venice --- Opera --- Production and direction --- History --- Italy --- Venice (Italy) --- 17th century --- 78.21.2 Venice --- 78.77.0 --- 78.77.8 --- Opéra --- Production et mise en scène --- Histoire --- Opera's --- Italië --- 17e eeuw
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ISBN: 9028921702 9789028921702 Year: 1995 Publisher: Kapellen Wilrijk Brussel Pelckmans Universiteit Antwerpen. Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen Vlaams Theater Instituut
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Theatrical science --- Huldeboeken --- Mélanges --- Théâtre --- Tindemans, C. --- Toneel --- Tindemans, Carlos --- Vlaanderen --- College teachers --- Critics --- Theater --- Study and teaching --- Appreciation --- 82-2 --- 792 --- -Theater --- -Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Literary critics --- Criticism --- Litterateurs --- Academicians --- Academics (Persons) --- College instructors --- College lecturers --- College professors --- College science teachers --- Lectors (Higher education) --- Lecturers, College --- Lecturers, University --- Professors --- Universities and colleges --- University academics --- University instructors --- University lecturers --- University professors --- University teachers --- Teachers --- Toneel. Drama --- Theater. Theaterwetenschap. Toneel --- -Teachers --- Faculty --- -Appreciation --- -Toneel. Drama --- -Tindemans, Carlos --- 792 Theater. Theaterwetenschap. Toneel --- 82-2 Toneel. Drama --- Tindemans, Carlos, --- Vlaanderen. --- -Academicians --- Dramatics --- Appreciation. --- Drama --- History and criticism --- Production and direction --- Theaterwetenschap --- 792 Theatre. Stagecraft. Dramatic performances --- Theatre. Stagecraft. Dramatic performances --- 82-2 Drama. Plays --- Drama. Plays --- College teachers - Belgium --- Critics - Belgium --- Theater - Study and teaching - Belgium --- Tindemans, Carlos - Appreciation --- Theaterwetenschappen --- Recensies --- Theaterkritieken --- Biografieën --- Liber amicorum --- Nederland --- 20e eeuw --- België --- drama [discipline]
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