Inventing the business of opera
Subtitle: the impresario and his world in seventeenth-century Venice
By: Beth L. Glixon, Jonathan E. Glixon.
Contributors: Glixon, Jonathan Emmanuel.
Series: AMS studies in music
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780195154160
Subjects: Opera -- Production and direction -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 17th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: The musical production. The libretto ; The composition and the production of the opera score ; Singers ; Dancers, extras, and the orchestra; title: The physical production. Scenery and machines ; Costumes; title: Consumers and patrons. The audience and the question of patronage.