Book contents
- The Politics of Opera in Handel’s Britain
- The Politics of Opera in Handel’s Britain
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Notes on sources
- Frontispiece
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Opera and political allegory:
- 3 Politics in the Royal Academy of Music
- 4 The opera house, allegory, and the political opposition
- 5 Handel’s Second Academy
- 6 Rival opera companies and Farinelli in Madrid
- 7 Politics, theater, and opera in the 1730s
- 8 The opera stage as political history
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Appendix 1: Political affiliation and principal offices of shareholders of the Royal Academy of Music, c.1717–22
- Appendix 2: Operas premiered at the Royal Academy of Music
- Appendix 3: Directors of the Opera of the Nobility with political allegiances in June 1733
- Appendix 4: Operas (and other works) premiered by the Opera of the Nobility
- Appendix 5: Hanoverian celebratory pieces
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index
Appendix 3: - Directors of the Opera of the Nobility with political allegiances in June 1733
from Appendices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- The Politics of Opera in Handel’s Britain
- The Politics of Opera in Handel’s Britain
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Notes on sources
- Frontispiece
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Opera and political allegory:
- 3 Politics in the Royal Academy of Music
- 4 The opera house, allegory, and the political opposition
- 5 Handel’s Second Academy
- 6 Rival opera companies and Farinelli in Madrid
- 7 Politics, theater, and opera in the 1730s
- 8 The opera stage as political history
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Appendix 1: Political affiliation and principal offices of shareholders of the Royal Academy of Music, c.1717–22
- Appendix 2: Operas premiered at the Royal Academy of Music
- Appendix 3: Directors of the Opera of the Nobility with political allegiances in June 1733
- Appendix 4: Operas (and other works) premiered by the Opera of the Nobility
- Appendix 5: Hanoverian celebratory pieces
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain , pp. 268 - 271Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013