Opera and Drama in Eighteenth-Century London
The King's Theatre, Garrick and the Business of Performance
- Author: Woodfield, Ian
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Contents
- List of tables
- List of musical examples
- Acknowledgements
- A note on conventions
- Introduction
- 1. The Hobart management
- 2. The new managers take control
- 3. Sacchini and the revival of opera seria
- 4. Recruitment procedures and artistic policy
- 5. The King's Theatre in crisis
- 6. The recruitment of Lovattini
- 7. The English community in Rome
- 8. Lucrezia Agujari at the Pantheon
- 9. Caterina Gabrielli
- 10. Rauzzini's last season
- 11. The King's Theatre flourishes
- 12. The Queen of Quavers satire
- 13. Financial management
- 14. Opera salaries
- 15. The sale of 1778
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
