Italian opera in late eighteenth-century London /
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| Author / Creator: | Price, Curtis Alexander, 1945- |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995-2001. |
| Description: | 2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1697483 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Plates
- List of Tables
- A Note on Names, Titles, and Quotation Policy
- Abbreviations and Works Frequently Cited
- 1.. The Italian Opera Establishment in London
- I.. The Old Opera Establishment
- II.. Views of Opera, 1750-1790
- III.. London Style and Practice in the 1780s
- IV.. The King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1705-1789
- V.. The Outlook in 1778
- 2.. Ownership, Management, and Finances
- I.. The Sheridan-Harris Administration, 1778-1781
- II.. The First Taylor Regime, 1781-1783
- III.. Interregnum: Gallini versus Taylor's Trustees, 1783-1785
- IV.. Gallini in Command, 1785-1790
- V.. A Summary of Opera Company Finances, 1778-1789
- 3.. Daily Operations and the Production Process
- I.. The Structure of the Company
- II.. Recruitment and Salaries
- III.. House Management
- IV.. Scenery, Properties, and Costumes
- V.. Lighting and Special Effects
- VI.. Some Notes on Performance Practice
- 4.. Opera under Sheridan (1778-1781)
- I.. The Musical Establishment under Sheridan
- II.. The 1777-78 Season: The Co-Managers' Swan-Song
- III.. The 1778-79 Season: Pacchierotti's Debut
- IV.. The 1779-80 Season: Le Texier's Downfall
- V.. The 1780-81 Season: Ansani versus Roncaglia
- 5.. Opera under Taylor and his Trustees (1781-1785)
- I.. The 1781-82 Season: Sacchini's 'Disgrace'
- II.. The 1782-83 Season: Taylor's Annus horribilis
- III.. The 1783-84 Season: Gallini versus Taylor's Trustees
- IV.. The 1784-85 Season: Artistic Limbo
- 6.. Opera under Gallini (1785-1790)
- I.. The 1785-86 Season: Gallini versus the Lord Chamberlain
- II.. The 1786-87 Season: The Storaces' Return
- III.. The 1787-88 Season: Marchesi Arrives; Storace Sues
- IV.. The 1788-89 Season: Apogee and Immolation
- V.. The 1789-90 Season: At the Little Haymarket
- 7.. The Ballet
- I.. The Dance Company
- II.. The Ballet d'action Comes to London, 1778-1781
- III.. Noverre in London, 1781-82
- IV.. Lepicq and Dauberval, 1782-1785
- V.. The Gallini Regime, 1785-1790
- VI.. The State of Ballet in London in 1790
- 8.. Fire and Rebuilding, 1789-1791
- I.. The Destruction of the Old Theatre
- II.. Competing Plans, Summer-Autumn 1789
- III.. Financing the New Theatre, January-April 1790
- IV.. The Leicester Square Theatre Patent Hearings, April 1790
- V.. The Battle over the Site, July-December 1790
- VI.. The New King's Theatre, Haymarket
- 9.. Haydn and the Opening of the New Theatre, Spring 1791
- I.. The Failure of Merger Negotiations
- II.. Salisbury and the Licensing Dispute
- III.. 'Rehearsals' and 'Entertainments' at the New Theatre
- IV.. Haydn's L'anima del filosofo
- V.. Ballet at the New Theatre
- VI.. The New Theatre in Limbo
- Appendices
- I.. Chancery Materials on Opera, 1778-1790
- II.. William Taylor's Creditors
- III.. Joseph Hayling's Lighting and Tinkering Accounts
- IV.. Noverre's Scenario for Rinaldo and Armida (1782)
- Index
