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Inventing the Business of Opera explores public opera in its infancy, bringing to life the men and women who successfully established the new genre on the stages of Venice during the seventeenth century. All of the components necessary to opera production are highlighted, from the financial backing, to the libretto and the score, to the singers, dancers, the scenery, and the costumes.

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the many insights afforded to specialists are well balanced by a comprehensive and accessible narrative that can act as an introduction to the business of opera in early modern Europe. * Vassilis Vavoulis, Music and Letters *
a trove of information about the intricacy of financial arrangements as well as about the whims of audiences in seventeenth -century Venice. * Herbert Lindenberger,The Opera QuarterlyHerbert Lindenberger, The Opera Quarterly *

Table of Contents
PART 1: THE BUSINESS OF OPERA; PART 2: THE MUSICAL PRODUCTION; PART 3: THE PHYSICAL PRODUCTION; PART 4: CONSUMERS AND PATRONS; APPENDICES; GLOSSARY

Inventing the Business of Opera The Impresario and His World in SeventeenthCentury Venice AMS Studies in Music

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 12/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195342970, 978-0195342970
      ISBN10: 0195342976
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Inventing the Business of Opera explores public opera in its infancy, bringing to life the men and women who successfully established the new genre on the stages of Venice during the seventeenth century. All of the components necessary to opera production are highlighted, from the financial backing, to the libretto and the score, to the singers, dancers, the scenery, and the costumes.

      Trade Review
      the many insights afforded to specialists are well balanced by a comprehensive and accessible narrative that can act as an introduction to the business of opera in early modern Europe. * Vassilis Vavoulis, Music and Letters *
      a trove of information about the intricacy of financial arrangements as well as about the whims of audiences in seventeenth -century Venice. * Herbert Lindenberger,The Opera QuarterlyHerbert Lindenberger, The Opera Quarterly *

      Table of Contents
      PART 1: THE BUSINESS OF OPERA; PART 2: THE MUSICAL PRODUCTION; PART 3: THE PHYSICAL PRODUCTION; PART 4: CONSUMERS AND PATRONS; APPENDICES; GLOSSARY

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