Pagodas in play
Subtitle: China on the eighteenth-century Italian opera stage
By: Adrienne Ward.
Series: Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewisburg
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780838756966
Subjects: Opera -- Italy -- 18th century; China in opera
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the stage. Eighteenth-century exoticism and China ; China's journey from page to stage; title: Playing with dynasty : China in opera. China in early opere serie (1700-1725) ; The enlightened imperial subject : Pietro Metastasio, L'eroe cinese; title: Playing with reform : China in comic opera. Islands of opportunity : Carlo Goldoni, L'isola disabitata ; Rejecting false idols : Giambattista Lorenzi, L'idolo cinese ; Women traveling in new lands : Giovanni Bertati, L'inimico delle donne.