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Opera and Drama in Eighteenth-Century London: The King's Theatre, Garrick and the Business of Performance - Cambridge Studies in Opera Woodfield, Ian (Queen's University Belfast)
Opera and Drama in Eighteenth-Century London: The King's Theatre, Garrick and the Business of Performance - Cambridge Studies in Opera
Woodfield, Ian (Queen's University Belfast)
This book explores the cultural life of Italian opera in late eighteenth-century London. Through primary sources, many analysed for the first time, Ian Woodfield examines such issues as finances, recruitment policy, handling of singers and composers, links with Paris and Italy, and the role of women in opera management.
356 pages, 7 tables 7 music examples
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 2, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521028837 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 356 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 22 mm · 539 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Carter, Tim |
| Series Editor | Deathridge, John |
| Series Editor | Groos, Arthur |
| Series Editor | Hepokoski, James A. |
| Series Editor | Robinson, Paul |
| Series Editor | Rosand, Ellen |