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Opera and drama in eighteenth-century London: the King's Theatre, Garrick and the business of performance
Ian Woodfield
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Frontmatter
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List of tables (page ix)
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List of musical examples (page x)
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Acknowledgements (page xi)
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A note on conventions (page xiii)
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Introduction (page 1)
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1 The Hobart management (page 19)
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2 The new managers take control (page 29)
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3 Sacchini and the revival of opera seria (page 40)
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4 Recruitment procedures and artistic policy (page 52)
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5 The King's Theatre in crisis (page 60)
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6 The recruitment of Lovattini (page 77)
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7 The English community in Rome (page 93)
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8 Lucrezia Agujari at the Pantheon (page 105)
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9 Caterina Gabrielli (page 121)
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10 Rauzzini's last season (page 136)
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11 The King's Theatre flourishes (page 153)
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12 The Queen of Quavers satire (page 166)
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13 Financial management (page 182)
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14 Opera salaries (page 198)
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15 The sale of 1778 (page 215)
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Appendices
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1a The accounts of Richard Yates and James Brooke at Henry Hoare & Co. (1773-1777) (page 234)
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1b The customer account ledgers of Sheridan and Harris (1778-1779) (page 251)
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1c Selected entries from the account of Jonathan Garton at Drummonds Bank (1778-1779) (page 257)
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1d The account of Gasparo Pacchierotti at Coutts & Co. (1779-1784) (page 258)
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1e A page of opera payments and receipts in the Salt MSS (1780) (page 263)
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2a Petition to the Lord Chamberlain (c.1770) (page 265)
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2b Petition to the Lord Chamberlain (c.1775) (page 269)
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2c Draft petition to the Lord Chamberlain from Sheridan and Harris (1777) (page 272)
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3a Journal Etranger, No. 1 (June 1777) (page 276)
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3b Opera reviews from Journal Etranger (1777-1778) (page 283)
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Notes (page 295)
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Bibliography (page 323)
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Index (page 331)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JRMA | 128.1 (2003): 123-136 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3557467 |
JAMS | 57.2 (Summer 2004): 410-420 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4147782 |
MAL | 84.2 (May 2003): 290-292 |
Citable Link
Published: c2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- 9780511105487 (ebook)
- 9780521028837 (paper)
- 9780521800129 (hardcover)