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Opera and Drama in Eighteenth-Century London

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

Opera and Drama in Eighteenth-Century London
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This book explores the cultural life of Italian opera in late eighteenth-century London. Through primary sources, many analysed for the first time, Ian Woodfield examines such issues as finances, recruitment policy, handling of singers and composers, links with Paris and Italy, and the role of women in opera management.
Cambridge University Press; May 2001
355 pages; ISBN 9780511032127
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