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Klappentext The perfect accompaniment to courses on eighteenth-century opera for both students and teachers! this Companion is a definitive reference resource. Zusammenfassung Bringing together leading international experts in the field of eighteenth-century opera! this Companion is a definitive reference resource which provides well established knowledge! reflects recent thinking and stimulates further individual research. Key topics covered include the productive process of opera! national styles and genres! acting! ballet and the libretto. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology of relevant events in eighteenth-century opera; Part I. The Making of Opera: 1. Opera as process Pierpaolo Polzonetti; 2. Aria as drama James Webster; 3. Ensembles and finales Caryl Clark; 4. Metastasio: the dramaturgy of eighteenth-century heroic opera Francesco Cotticelli and Paologiovanni Maione; 5. Roles and acting Gianni Cicali; 6. Ballet Rebecca Harris-Warrick; 7. Orchestra and voice in eighteenth-century Italian opera John Spitzer; 8. To look again (at Don Giovanni) Alessandra Campana; Part II. National Styles and Genres: 9. Genre and form in French opera David Charlton; 10. Genre and form in German opera Estelle Joubert; 11. Opera in eighteenth-century England: English opera, masques, ballad operas Michael Burden; 12. Opera in Naples Anthony R. DelDonna; 13. Portugal and Brazil Manuel Carlos de Brito; 14. Opera, genre, and context in Spain and its American colonies Louise Stein and José Máximo Leza.
