• Media type: Book
  • Title: The politics of opera in Handel's Britain
  • Contains: Opera and political allegory : When is it an allegory? When is it political? -- Politics in the Royal Academy of Music -- The opera house, allegory, and the political opposition -- Handel's second academy -- Rival opera companies and Farinelli at the court of Madrid -- Politics, theatre, and opera in the 1730s -- The opera stage as political history.
  • Contributor: McGeary, Thomas [Author]
  • imprint: New York, NY [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press, 2013
  • Issue: 1. publ.
  • Extent: XII, 407 S.; Ill
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9781107009882; 110700988X
  • RVK notation: LP 39140 : Opern, Patoral
    LQ 84004 : Barock, Klassik (1600-1800)
    LR 54171 : Geschichte der Oper in einzelnen Epochen
    LR 57724 : Barock, Klassik (1600-1800)
  • Keywords: Händel, Georg Friedrich > Oper > Politik
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: Opera and political allegory : When is it an allegory? When is it political? -- Politics in the Royal Academy of Music -- The opera house, allegory, and the political opposition -- Handel's second academy -- Rival opera companies and Farinelli at the court of Madrid -- Politics, theatre, and opera in the 1730s -- The opera stage as political history

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