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Eighteenth-Century Opera and Ballet

New Perspectives on Sources and Practice

AvVanessa L. Rogers,Janet K Page

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del 211 i serien Eastman Studies in Music

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Twelve original essays that explore the rich interplay of opera, ballet, and culture in eighteenth-century Europe and beyond and offer new insights into such important figures as Mozart and the castrato Farinelli.Opera and theatrical dance were among the most important, elaborate, and influential products of European culture in the eighteenth century. Eighteenth-Century Opera and Ballet: New Perspectives on Sources and Practice, compiled and edited by Janet K. Page and Vanessa L. Rogers, gathers together essays by twelve leading scholars of the field.The volume engages with the creation and production of opera and ballet across diverse national traditions within Europe (and, in one chapter, colonial Brazil), the social and artistic lives of singers, historical performance practices, and issues of scholarship and interpretation. The various chapters provide fresh perspectives on major figures of the era, including Goethe, Gluck, and Mozart, renowned singers such as the castrato Farinelli and the soprano Aloisia Lange, and the enormously influential choreographer Gasparo Angiolini.Collectively, the essays illuminate the intricate interconnections that characterized eighteenth-century musical and theatrical culture and reveal new aspects of music and performance during this pivotal era.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-05-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt:608 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Eastman Studies in Music
Antal sidor:314
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9781648251399

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VANESSA ROGERS is Associate Professor of Music and Elizabeth G. Daughdrill Chair in Fine Arts at Rhodes College, VT and Principal Researcher for the website Ballad Operas Online: An Electronic Catalogue. JANET K PAGE is Professor of Musicology at the University of Memphis, TN and author of Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna. VANESSA ROGERS is Associate Professor of Music and Elizabeth G. Daughdrill Chair in Fine Arts at Rhodes College, VT and Principal Researcher for the website Ballad Operas Online: An Electronic Catalogue. JANET K PAGE is Professor of Musicology at the University of Memphis, TN and author of Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna.

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Celebrating the Legacy of Bruce Alan BrownVanessa L. Rogers and Janet K. Page Part I: Illuminating Artistic Practice1. Ballet in Paris in the Late Eighteenth Century, as Discussed by a French Cellist and a Russian NoblemanJohn A. Rice2. Between Theoretical Aspiration and Artistic Practice: Angiolini in Vienna, 1774-76 Irene Brandenburg 3. Airy Emanations or Pindaric Flights? Singing in London with Farinelli (and Nicola Porpora) Michael Burden4. Reviving Eighteenth-Century Ballet-Pantomime Repertoire: In the Footsteps of Bruce A. BrownHelena Kazárová Part II: Text and Character5. Prospero, Sarastro, FaustThomas Bauman6. Connections between Die Zauberflöte, Die Sonnenjungfrau, and Das Sonnenfest der BraminenLisa de Alwis7. Between Documentation and Image Construction: Gluck's Biography and Its SourcesDaniel Brandenburg Part III: Sources, Documentation, and Research Issues8. (Im)possible Love? The Galanteries of FarinelliAnne Desler9. New Documents on Aloisia and Joseph LangeMichael Lorenz10. The Genesis of Mozart's Le nozze di FigaroDexter Edge11. Nannerl's Rebus, or Is a Picture Worth 5,000 Words?Neal Zaslaw12. The Colonial Opera Dilemma: Research Ethics and Heritagization in a 1960s Controversy in BrazilRogério BudaszList of ContributorsSelected Bibliography of Publications by Bruce Alan BrownIndexTabula Gratulatoria