Italian Opera in Late Eighteenth-Century London Vol. 2Volume 2: the Pantheon Opera and Its Aftermath 1789-1795 |
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| Author:
| Milhous, Judith
Dideriksen, Gabriella
Hume, Robert D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-816716-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $786.32AUD $984.00 |
Book Description:
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Following on from the volume on The King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1778-1791 (published by OUP in 1995), this interdisciplinary study of opera and ballet now turns to London's Pantheon Opera during the period 1789-95. The Pantheon Opera, founded in 1790, aimed to give London a kind of court opera that would feature opera seria and ballet d'action. It tried to hire Mozart to compete with Haydn, but its high aspirations led only to a quick bankruptcy. A recent major archival discovery has...
More DescriptionFollowing on from the volume on The King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1778-1791 (published by OUP in 1995), this interdisciplinary study of opera and ballet now turns to London's Pantheon Opera during the period 1789-95. The Pantheon Opera, founded in 1790, aimed to give London a kind of court opera that would feature opera seria and ballet d'action. It tried to hire Mozart to compete with Haydn, but its high aspirations led only to a quick bankruptcy. A recent major archival discovery has permitted startlingly full analysis of the company's repertoire, costumes, staging practices, and finances.