Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714

Explores the political meanings that Italian opera - its composers, agents and institutions - had for audiences in eighteenth-century Britain.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Opera in the English Manner
2 The Infiltration of Italian Music and Singing
3 Italian and English Singing and Partisan Politics
4 The Haymarket Theatre: A Whig Project
5 Whigs and Opera in the Italian Manner
6 1710: The Year of Great Change in Politics and Opera
7 Whigs Confront Opera: Britain at a Machiavellian Moment
8 Addison: Opera and the Politics of Politeness
9 The Whig Campaign for English Opera; Handel Celebrates the Peace
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Operatic Works Produced (or Known) in London, ca. 1660-1704
Appendix 2: Principal Independent Theatrical Masques Produced in London, 1676-1705
Appendix 3: Opera Performances by Season in London, 1705-1714
Appendix 4: Aria Types in All-sung Operas Produced in London, 1705-1714.
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Thomas McGeary

Summary

Explores the political meanings that Italian opera - its composers, agents and institutions - had for audiences in eighteenth-century Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas McGeary
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781783277155
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-715-5
• No. of pages: 444
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 164 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 846 g
• Illustrations: 6 b/w, 13 line illus.
• Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous