The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain pdf
The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain pdf
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Author: Thomas McGeary
Number of Pages: 422 pages
Published Date: 30 Jun 2013
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Publication Country: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781107009882
File Name: The.Politics.of.Opera.in.Handel's.Britain.pdf
Download Link: The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain
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The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain examines the involvement of Italian opera in British partisan politics in the first half of the eighteenth century, which saw Sir Robert Walpole's rise to power and George Frideric Handel's greatest period of opera production. McGeary argues that the conventional way of applying Italian opera to contemporary political events and persons by means of allegory and allusion in individual operas is mistaken; nor did partisan politics intrude into the management of the Royal Academy of Music and the Opera of the Nobility. This book shows instead how Senesino, Faustina, Cuzzoni and events at the Haymarket Theatre were used in political allegories in satirical essays directed against the Walpole ministry. Since most operas were based on ancient historical events, the librettos - like traditional histories - could be sources of examples of vice, virtue, and political precepts and wisdom that could be applied to contemporary politics.
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The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain. Thomas McGeary
Author: Thomas McGeary
Number of Pages: 422 pages
Published Date: 30 Jun 2013
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Publication Country: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781107009882
File Name: The.Politics.of.Opera.in.Handel's.Britain.pdf
Download Link: The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain
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The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain examines the involvement of Italian opera in British partisan politics in the first half of the eighteenth century, which saw Sir Robert Walpole's rise to power and George Frideric Handel's greatest period of opera production. McGeary argues that the conventional way of applying Italian opera to contemporary political events and persons by means of allegory and allusion in individual operas is mistaken; nor did partisan politics intrude into the management of the Royal Academy of Music and the Opera of the Nobility. This book shows instead how Senesino, Faustina, Cuzzoni and events at the Haymarket Theatre were used in political allegories in satirical essays directed against the Walpole ministry. Since most operas were based on ancient historical events, the librettos - like traditional histories - could be sources of examples of vice, virtue, and political precepts and wisdom that could be applied to contemporary politics.
Read online The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain Buy and read online The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain Download The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent