Opera in Portugal in the Eighteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780521353120 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 272 str.

Manuel Carlos De Brito

Opis

A history of opera in Portugal from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the inauguration of the Teatro de S. Carlos in 1793.

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Note on currency; 1. Opera during the reign of Joáo V (1708–50); 2. Court opera during the reign of José I (1750–77); 3. Court opera and music in the reign of Maria I (1777–92); 4. Commercial opera 1760–93; Chronology; Appendix: original texts of documents; Notes; Bibliography; Index.