Inventing the business of opera : the impresario and his world in seventeenth-century Venice / Beth L. Glixon, Jonathan E. Glixon.

Author: Glixon, Beth Lise, 1952-

Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Descriptionxxvi, 398 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-381) and index.

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