Opera and Drama in Eighteenth-Century London

The King's Theatre, Garrick and the Business of Performance

By:

Ian Woodfield

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Opera

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In this study, Ian Woodfield explores the cultural and commercial life of Italian opera in late eighteenth-century London. It was a period when theatre and opera worlds mixed, venues were shared, and agents and managers collaborated and competed. Through primary sources, many analysed for the first time, Woodfield examines such issues as finances, recruitment policy, the handling of singers and composers, links with Paris and Italy, and the role of women in opera management. These key topics are also placed within the context of a personal dispute between two of the most important managers of the day, the woman writer Frances Brooke and the actor David Garrick, which influenced the running of the major venues, the King's Theatre, Drury Lane and Covent Garden. Woodfield has also uncovered new information concerning the influential role of the eighteenth-century music historian and critic Charles Burney, as artistic advisor to the King's Theatre.

Author Biography:

Ian Woodfield is Professor of Historical Musicology at The Queen's University of Belfast.

Release date NZ

May 10th, 2001

Author

Ian Woodfield

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

7 Printed music items; 7 Tables, unspecified

Pages

354

Series

Cambridge Studies in Opera

Dimensions

158x238x25

ISBN-13

9780521800129

Product ID

2218150

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