The marqués, the divas, and the castrati: Gaspar de Haro y Guzmán and opera in the early modern Spanish orbit

"In a crucial period of opera's development as genre and business, a flamboyantly libertine Spanish aristocrat, voracious collector of books and antiquities, and famed connoisseur of visual art influenced operatic practices and productions for both Italian and Hispanic operas. This book ad...

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1. Verfasser: Stein, Louise K. (KomponistIn)
Format: Partitur Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2024]
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Zusammenfassung:"In a crucial period of opera's development as genre and business, a flamboyantly libertine Spanish aristocrat, voracious collector of books and antiquities, and famed connoisseur of visual art influenced operatic practices and productions for both Italian and Hispanic operas. This book advances our understanding of seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century opera and cultural encounter, traversing opera's geography (Madrid, Rome, Naples, Lima, Mexico) by tracing the trajectory of Gaspar de Haro y Guzmán, marquis de Heliche and del Carpio (1629-1687), the first producer whose energetic patronage and legacy shaped opera in two worlds. Carpio's unusual temperament and aesthetic sensibility were essential to his celebrated success as a producer of musical plays and opera"--
Beschreibung:xxiv, 760 Seiten Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele, Pläne, Porträts (teilweise farbig) 24,3 cm

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