Main entry:

Rosselli, John.

Title & Author:

The opera industry in Italy from Cimarosa to Verdi : the role of the impresario / John Rosselli.

Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Description:

viii, 214 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-207) and index.
A season in the life on an impresario -- A profession of sorts -- An industry in a hierarchical society -- The strong arm of authority -- The impresario as businessman -- Agents and journalists -- The impresario and the public -- The end of the impresari -- Appendix: Problems of evidence for the economic history of Italian opera.

Summary:

This book provides a social history of the Italian opera industry and the evolving role of the impresario from the late 18th to the mid-19th century. The author details how impresarios operated as businessmen in a hierarchical society, navigating contracts, public demands, and political upheavals, acting as key figures in an important entertainment and art industry that was more akin to early Hollywood than a "living museum".

ISBN:

0521257328
9780521257329
0521278678 (pbk.)
9780521278676 (pbk.)

Subject:

Opera Italy 18th century.
Opera Italy 19th century.
Impresarios Italy.
Opéra Italie 18e siècle.
Opéra Italie 19e siècle.
Imprésarios Italie.
Impresarios.
Opera.
Impresario
Oper
Opera's.
Impresario's.
Italy.
Italien
Italy Opera 1700-1880

Form/genre:

Opernimpresario.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 26076
Call No.: PO9091; ID:88-B12156
Status: Available