Dance in Handel's London Operas

Examines the pivotal role of dance in the Italian operas of Handel, perhaps the greatest opera composer between Monteverdi and Mozart.

List of contents

Introduction: Genres of Opera, Styles of Dance
Handel's Operas of the 1710s
The Royal Academy Operas
Handel and the London Theater, 1729-35
Theatrical Dance and Opera in London, 1735-55
The French Connection
Pastoral versus Heroic: Handel's Operas with Dance
Epilogue: Opera Dance in a Changing Marketplace
Appendix 1: A Study of Handel's Compositional Process
Appendix 2: Theater and Dance Chronology

About the author

Sarah McCleave

Summary

Examines the pivotal role of dance in the Italian operas of Handel, perhaps the greatest opera composer between Monteverdi and Mozart.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah McCleave
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2013
• EAN: 9781580464208
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-420-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 543 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Music / Songbooks, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera