Inventing the Business of Opera: The Impresario and His World in Seventeenth-Cen

Description: Inventing the Business of Opera: The Impresario and His World in Seventeenth-Century Venice by Beth Glixon, Jonathan Glixon Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description In mid-seventeenth-century Venice, opera first emerged from courts and private drawing rooms to become a form of public entertainment. Early commercial operas were elaborate spectacles, featuring ornate costumes and set design along with dancing and music. As ambitious works of theater, theseproductions required not only significant financial backing, but also strong managers to oversee several months of rehearsals and performances. These impresarios were responsible for every facet of production from contracting the cast to balancing the books at season's end. The systems they createdstill survive, in part, today.Inventing the Business of Opera explores public opera in its infancy, from 1637 to 1677, when theater owners and impresarios established Venice as the operatic capital of Europe. Drawing on extensive new documentation, the book studies all of the components necessary to opera production, from thefinancial backing and the issue of patronage to the commissioning and creation of the libretto and the score; the recruitment and employment of singers, dancers, and instrumentalists; the production of the scenery and the costumes; and the nature of the audience. The authors examine the challengesfaced by four separate Venetian theaters during the seventeenth century, and focus particularly on the progress of Marco Faustini, the impresario most well known today. Faustini made his way from one of Venice's smallest theaters to one of the largest, and his advancement provides a personal view ofan impresario and his partners, who ranged from Venetian nobles to artisans. Throughout the book, Venice emerges as a city that prized novelty over economy, with newrepertory, scenery, costumes, and expensive singers the rule rather than the exception.Through close examination of an extraordinary cache of documents—including personal papers, account books, and correspondence—Beth and Jonathan Glixon provide a comprehensive view of opera production in mid seventeenth- century Venice. For the first time in a study of Venetian opera, an emphasisis placed on the physical production— the scenery, costumes, and stage machinery—that tied these opera productions to the social and economic life of the city. This original and meticulously researched study will be of strong interest to all students of opera and its history. Publisher Description Marco Faustini was among the most active and successful professionals in 17th-century Venetian opera. As an "impressario", he was responsible for every facet of production from contracting the cast to balancing the books at the seasons end. Through examination of Faustinis documents - including personal papers, account books and correspondence - Beth and Jonathan Glixon provide a comprehensive view of opera production in mid-17th century Venice. Throughout the book an emphasis is placed on the "physical production", the scenery, costumes and stage machinery that tied these opera productions to the social and economic life of the city. Author Biography Beth L. Glixon received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1985 and has been an instructor in music history at the University of Kentucky since 1995. She has published articles in Music & Letters, Journal of Musicology, Early Music History, Early Music, and Musical Quarterly, and has presented papers at the annual meetings of the American Musicological Society and the Society of Seventeenth-Century Music, of which shewas one of the founding officers. Jonathan Glixon received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1979, and has taught at the University of Washington and, since 1983, at the University of Kentucky, where he is currently Professor of Musicology. He has published his work in such journals as Journal of the American Musicological Society, Journal of Musicology, and Music and Letters, and in English, Italian, and Australian publications. His book, Honoring God and the City: Music at the VenetianConfraternities, 1260-1807, was published by Oxford in 2003. Details ISBN 0195154169 ISBN-13 9780195154160 Title Inventing the Business of Opera: The Impresario and His World in Seventeenth-Century Venice Author Beth Glixon, Jonathan Glixon Format Hardcover Year 2005 Pages 398 Publisher Oxford University Press, USA GE_Item_ID:137022538; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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