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Table of Contents
Illustrations Figures Tables Abbreviations /cons Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction 1. Interpreting the Calendar of Venetian Opera 1.1.
Principles of Venetian Tirnekeeping 1.2. Theatrical Time 1.3.
Seasonal Components and Interpretations 1.4. News Sources for
Theatrical Time
5 5 6 7 12 13 15 21 22 23 34 38 45 46 47 47 49
49 51 55 60 60 61 61 65 69 6970 70 72 74 75 78
2. Perspectives on the Repertory 2.1. Composers 2.2. Librettists
2.3. Dramatic Genres 2.4. Theaters 2.5. Incidental Items
(Entr'actes) 2.6. Dedicatees 2.7. Subject Matter 2.8. Staging
and Scenery 2.9. Musical Performance 2.10. Reception of Works
2.11. Musical Sources 2.12. Interplay of Work Attributes
3. User Guide 3.1. Organization 3.2. Statistical Bases 3.3.
Factual Information 3.4. Background Information and
Documentation 3.5. Source Material 3.6. Editorial Issues 3.7.
Selective Views of the Material
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Opera Productions: A Chronology 1660-69 1670-79 1680-89 1690-99
1700-09 1710-19 1720-29 1730-39 1740-49 1750-59
79 81 109 136 191 240 294 350 413 465 524
Opera's Margins: A Series of Supplements Introduction I.
Unproduced and Undatable Works 2. Operas and Comedies in
Marginal Years of the Century 2a. Opera Productions, 1660-1665
2b. Datable Opera Openings, 1753-1760 2c. Datable Comedy
Openings, 1749-1760 2d. Undatable Opera Productions, 1753-1760
3. Dramas associated with Music 3a. Comedies, Tragedies, and
Musical Satires 3b. Satires and Tracts on Music-Dramas 4.
Intermezzi 4a. Intermezzi given with Operas 4b. Intermezzi given
with Comedies and Tragedies 5. Private and/or Special
Entertainments 5a. Serenatas 5b. Works for the Last Night of
Carnival 5c. Operas Performed with Puppets 5d. Benefit Recitals
5e. Equestrian ballets 6. Works for Ducal Entertainments 7.
Works for Academies and Societies 8. Moral and Sacred Dramas 9.
Music-Dramas given in the OspedaU
543 545 549
553 556 558 561
563 577
580 595
601 617 622 626 627 629 632 640 644
Appendices 1. Doges, Popes, and Patriarchs 2. Civic, Liturgical,
and Theatrical Markers by Year (1600-1797) 3. Currency Values
and Exchange Rates 4. Dated Opera Openings by Theater 5. Dated
Opera Openings by Theatrical Period
647649 658 660 667
Concordances and Statistical References Sources Consulted:
Printed Works Sources Consulted: Archival Sources General Index
Index of Musical, Dramatic, and Literary Works Index of Stage
Names, Locales, and Peoples
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Illustrations
I. Injunction prohibiting theaters from opening before 24:00
[O.V.] (1659) 2. Proclamation prohibiting masking before Vespers
on religious feasts 3. A leaf from the holograph (1767)
ofGroppo's Catalogo 4. Three descriptions of the same serenata
in different avvisi (1720) 5. The full avviso of PerabO and
Conti for 28 Maggio 1745 6. The frontispiece ofP. A. Ziani's
Allila (1672/1) 7. The frontispiece ofCesti Artaserse (1668/2)
8. Representation of the performance of the intermedio II Te/lo
with Berenice vendicativa (1680/6) 9. Processional scene from
Berenice vendicativa 10. Berenice receives a messenger in
Berenice vendicativa 11. Depiction of a boar hunt in Berenice
vendicativa 12. Leaf of the aria "Venticelli che tacete" from
Maurizio (1686/9) 13. The frontispiece ofLegrenzi's II Pausania
(1681/10) 14. The frontispiece ofPollarolo's Ercole in cielo
(169717) 15. The dance of nymphs and shepherds from Pollarolo's
II deliria comune (170017) 16. Excerpts from the first ba/lo in
Orlandini's Antigona (1718/6) 17. Portraits of Francesco
Bernardi ("Senesino") and Faustina Bordoni 18. A ticket to the
opera at San Giovanni Grisostomo (undated) 19. A ticket to the
comedy at San Samuele (1758) 20. Crystal decor at San Samuele
(1753)
Figures
I. Graphical view of the festive and religious segments of the
year 2. Distribution of operas by theatrical period and by month
3. Segments of the theatrical year corresponding to the winter
and summer Senate sessions 4. Snapshots of the autumn season and
its changing components 5. Snapshots of the winter season and
its changing components 6. Allocation of openings by period at
each theater 7. Proportional contribution of each theater to the
total number of opera productions 8. Beginning (or end) of the
theatrical year as judged by different factors 9. Relationship
of the dramma per musica to other theatrical works (1710-59) 10.
Overall distribution of musico-dramatic genres (1660-1760) 11.
Overall distribution of incidental items including balli (1660-
1760) 12. Overall distribution of incidental items excluding
balli (1660-1760) 13. Resetting of texts in relation to reuse of
music (1660-1759) 14. Venetian, other Italian, and non-Italian
dedicatees of libretti (1660-1759) 15. Non-Venetian Italian
dedicatees by region (1660-1759) 16. European dedicatees by
country (1660-1759) 17. Survival of scores in relation to
libretti (1640-1759) 18. Survival of musical sources by theater
(1660-1759) 19. Distribution of dramatic genres by theater
(1680-1750) 20. Productions by theater, 1 660s vs. 1670s 21.
Productions by theater, 1670s vs. 1680s 22. Productions by
theater, 1680s vs. 1690s
5
35 35 35 39 40 95 95 141 141 142 142 179 219 219 246 341 375 537
537 537
27 28 29 30 30 32 33 36 48 48 48 48 52 52 54 54 62 62 63 100 137
192
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23. Productions by theater, 1690s vs. 1700s 24. Productions by
theater, 1700s vs. 1710s 25. Productions by theater, 171Os vs.
1720s 26. Productions by theater, 1720s vs. 1730s 27.
Productions by theater, 1730s vs. 1740s 28. Productions by
theater, 1740s vs. 1750s 29. Productions by genre in the 1750s
30. Proportional relationship between operas and meta-operas by
decade 31. Proportional relationship of serenatas to other meta-
operas 32. Distribution of meta-operas by theatrical period
(1660-1760)
241 295 351 414 466 525 525 547 547 548
Tables
C 1. Concordances: Alrn, Catalog of Venetian Librellos C2.
Concordances: Bonlini, Le glorie de/la poesia e de/la musica C3.
Concordances: Galvani, I teatri musicali di Venezia nel secolo
XVll C4. Concordances: Groppo, Catalogo di tutti i drommi per
musica C5. Concordances: Wiel, Iteatri musicali di Venezian del
Sellecento C6. Concordances: Baselt, Hiindel Handbuch (HWV) C7.
Concordances: Ryom, Verzeichnis der Werke Antonio Vivaldis (RV)
C8. Concordances: Talbot, "The Serenata in Eighteenth-Century
Venice" (T) C9. Summary ofBibliographical Relationships C 1 O.
Reference Statistics
26 37 38 42 46 47 50 61 67 70 76 546 647 647 648
649 653 657 658 658 659 659659 659 675 680 682 684
687 689 689 690 690 691
I. Segments of the year during which theaters were open and
operas performed 2. Principal bibliographies of Venetian opera
by period of coverage 3. Bibliographical year- and sequence-
error rates 4. Principal series of weekly news-sheets 5. Most
prolific composers by decade 6. Most prolific librettists by
decade 7. Most popular types of incidental items by decade 8.
Operas survived by the largest number of musical sources (1660-
1760) 9. Interrelationship between theaters, theatrical periods,
dramaturgical types, and entr'acte types 10. Schematic view of
entries in the Chronology (1675-1750) 11. Transliteration of
Greek and Middle Eastern names 12. Statistical overview of the
supplements
A I. Doges of Venice (1659-1772) A2. Patriarchs of Venice (1644-
1775) A3. Popes (1655-1778) A4. Useful autumn dates (1660-1752)
A5. Useful winter and spring dates (1660-1752) A6.
Reconciliation of the liturgical calendar (1600-59; 1753-1797)
A7. Changing weights of one gold ducat (zecchino) (1621-1728)
A8. Values in lire and soldi for the ducate/lo (1666-1797) A9.
Values for multiples of the zecchino AIO. Bank values for
Venetian currency (1772) A II. Keysler's values for Venetian,
British, German, and other currencies (1730) A 12. Exchange
rates from the Gazella veneto (1761)
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Abbreviations and Citations
Text abbreviations in primary sources (e.g. in "ill.mo") are
expanded with italicized letters (e.g., iIlustrissimo). In work
titles, missing letters are tacitly added, superfluous ones
tacitly eliminated.
Document quotations retain their original spelling. Archaic
capital letters have been changed to lower case. Punctuation is
usually unchanged apart from the occasional addition of a period
(.). Most documents cited are not quoted in the original, since
eventual publication of all documentation is intended.
Catalogue citations for bibliographical references (see Ch. 9
and Concordances): Allacci Alphabetical listing oflibretti for
Italian operas and related dramatic works Aim Numbered listing
of libretti for Venetian opera (Catolog) UCLA to 1769 Arnold
Numbered listing of Venetian oratorios in The Oratorio in Venice
Bonlini Numbered listing of Venetian operas in Le glorie de/lo
poesio to 1730 Bonlini MS Numbered listing in MS of Venetian
operas (supplementing Le glorie de/lo poesia); continues to 1742
Numbered listings of Venetian operas (Iteatri musicali di
Venezio) to 1700 Numbered listing of Venetian operas in the
Cotologo di tulli i drommi per musico to 1745 Numbered listing
of Venetian operas in a two-volume holograph expansion of the
printed Catalogo; continues to 1767 TUlle Ie opere di Carlo
Goldoni, full texts with introductions and critical notes
Numbered listing of libretti for Italian operas and other
musico-dramatic works (Librelli) to 1800 Alphabetical listings
of European musico-dramatic works (Opernlexikon) survived by
printed libretti through 1920 Numbered listing of Venetian
serenatas ("Serenate") Numbered listing of Venetian operas
(Iteatri musicoli venezioni) 1701-1800
Time and culture: M.V.
N.D. N.N. N.s. N.V.
O.v.
P.V.
1..5 i-xc
Galvani Groppo Groppo MS
Ortolani, TO Sartori
Stieger
Talbot Wiel
more veneto: the Venetian calendar date, in which January and
February were considered part of the preceding year Nobil Donna
(Venetian noblewoman) Nomen nescio [name unknown] new style
dates, in which January and February dates follow modern
practice Nobile Veneto (designated for a Venetian nobleman used
in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries); NN.VV. is
the plural. are venete: time as computed by the Venetian method,
whereby the new day began at a variable time which was nominally
30 minutes after sunset. Time was recorded in the 24hour style.
Patrizio Veneto (same meaning as Nobile Veneto; used with
increasing frequency in the eighteenth century) act numbers in
operas volume numbers in series [secondary sources]
Abbreviations specific to Galvani's theater-by-theater listing:
App Appendix SAng Sant' Angelo SCas San Cassiano
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SFan SGG SMoi SSal SSAp SSGP
San Fantin San Giovanni Grisostomo San Moise San Salvatore SS.
Apostoli SS. Giovanni e Paolo
Bibliographical-dictionary citations: GO The New Grove
Dictionary of Opero. 4 vols., London, 1994. MGG Die Musik in
Geschichte und Gegenwort. 16 vols. to date. Kassel and Basel,
1994-. NGDMM New Grove Dictionory of Music and Musicions. 20
vols., London, 1980. NGDMM/2 New Grove Dictionory of Music and
Musicions, rev. edn. 29 vols., London, 2000.
Musical facsimiles in series: DDT Denkmiiler deutscher Tonkunst.
65 vols. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Hartel, 1892-1931, DMV
Drammoturgio musicole veneta, ed. Giovanni Morelli, Reinhard
Strohm, and Thomas Walker 19 vols. to date. Milan: Ricordi,
1980-. Itolian Opero of the Boroque, ed. Howard M. Brown. 72
vols. New York: Garland, 1982-84.
lOB
Thematic indices (see Concordances): HWV Baselt, Bernd. Hondel
Werk-Verzeichnis, Kassel, 1978-85. RV Ryom, Peter: Verzeichnis
der Werke Antonio Vivaldis, Leipzig, 1974.
Manuscript and early printed news-sheets and archival
collections' A Avvisi: weekly MSS [see under diverse sigla
below]; cited by date AG Archivio Gonzaga: a general division
ofI-MAas; items cited by source and date AS Archivio Segreto: a
general division ofI-Rvat containing some A and all NV AV
Archivio Vendramin: a special collection in I-Vcg BG Bologno:
printed gazettes (derived from ovvisi) in I-Bag; cited by date
CO /I corriere ordinario: printed weekly gazettes (derived from
ovvisi) in A- Wn; cited by date CX Capi, Consiglio dei Dieci [1-
Vas] DO Diorio ordinaria: a printed series (derived from avvisl)
in I-Rvat; cited by issue number GDC MSS Gradenigo Dolfin [I-
Vmc], Commemorioli (Colloc. 200); cited by vol. and date GDN MSS
Gradenigo Dolfin [I-Vmc], Notatorio (Colloc. 67) ; cited by vol.
and date GL Gozzi [Gaspare], Lellere: recent printed edition
(see Bibliography) GM Goldoni [Carlo], Memoires: numerous
printed editions (see Bibliography) GV Lo gazzel/a veneta: a
biweekly printed in 1760-61 (see Bibliography) IS Inquisitori di
Stato [1- Vas] M Mercuri: weekly MSS (in Italian) in I-Vnm;
cited by date MG Le Mercure golont: monthly prints (in French)
partly based on ovvisi; cited by date NV Nunziatura di Venezia:
weekly MSS in I-Rvat AS; cited by date PS Basilica di San Marco,
Procuratia de Supra: MS minutes in I-Vas RC Riferte de'
Confidenti: miscellaneous MS surveillance reports in I-Vas, IS
RSP Riformatori dello Studio di Padova: MS printing permission
in I-Vas, IS PV "Pallade Veneta": weekly MSS in I-Vas, IS; Vmc;
Vnm; cited by date (see Bibliography) SPV State Papers Venetian:
MS weekly reports in MS in GB-Lpro (Kew); cited by date
I In citations of manuscript materials, these abbreviations are
concatenated with RISM library sigla, e.g.,I-MAas A = the awi..i
from Venice in the Archiviodi Stato, Mantua: I-MAas AG,
Carteggio = correspondence in the Archivio Gonzaga preserved in
the Archiviodi Sta'o, Mantua.
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Published sources for weekly news-sheets: Griffin Musicol
References in the GAllE7TA DI NAPOLI. Berkeley: Fallen Leaf
Press, 1993. Selfridge-Field PALLADE VENETA: Writings on Music
in Venetion Society, 1650-/750. Venice: Fondazione Levi, 1985
[selected writings from the printed monthlies and manuscripts].
Citations for musical manuscripts: No shelf marks are given for
musical manuscripts, since they are prone to change. The reader
is referred to the online and/or CD-ROM compilations of the
Repertoire International des Sources Musicoles (RISM), Series
All.
RISM employs the following sigla, which are arranged first by
country, then by city, then by library. Here countries and
cities are alphabetized by their abbreviations.
Austria (A): A-Gk(h) A-KR A-Wgm A-Wn
Belgium (B): B-Bc B-Br
Graz: Hochschule fUr Musik KremsmUnster: Benediktinerstift
Vienna: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Vienna: 6sterreichische
Nationalbibliothek, Musiksammlung
Brussels: Conservatoire Royal de Musique Brussels: Bibliotheque
Royale Albert Ier
Switzerland (CH): CH-Zz Zurich: Zentralbibliothek
Czech Republic (CS): CS-Pk Prague: Kreuzherrenarchiv
Germany (D): D-AH D-B D-Bsa D-Dlb D-Dsa D-DS D-HAmi D-Hs D-HVI
D-HVs D-HVsa D-LEm D-Mbs D-Mhof D-MOp D-MOs D-MOu D-RH D-ROu D-
Rtt D-SHs D-SI D-SON D-SWI
Ansbach: Regierungsbibliothek Berlin: Staatsbibliothek
Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung Berlin: Sing-Akademie
Dresden: sachsische Landesbibliothek Dresden: Staatsarchiv
Darmstadt: Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek Halle:
Martin-Luther-UniversiUit Hamburg: Staats- und
Universitatsbibliothek Hanover: Niedersachsische
Landesbibliothek Hanover: Stadtbibliothek Musikabteilung
Hanover: Niedersachsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Leipzig:
Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig Munich: Bayerische
Staatsbibliothek Munich: Hoftheater MUnster: DiOzesanbibliothek,
Bischilniches Priesterseminar MOnster: Santini-Bibliothek
[housed in I-MOp] MOnster: Universitatsbibliothek Rheda: FOrst
zu Bentheim- Tecklenburgische Bibliothek [housed in D-MOu]
Rostock: Wilhelm-Pieck-UniversiUit, Universitatsbibliothek
Regensburg: FUrst Thurn und Taxis Hofbibliothek Sonderhausen:
Stadt- und Kreisbibliothek Stuttgart: WOrttembergische
Landesbibliothek SOnching: Schloss Schwerin: Wissenschaftliche
Allgemeinbibliothek
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D-W D-Wa D-WD D- WRgsa D-WRtl
France (F): F-Pa F-Pc F-Po F-Pn
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WolfenbUttel: Herzog-August-Bibliothek WolfenbUttel:
Niedersachsisches Staatsarchiv Wiesentheid: Musiksammlung des
Grafen von Schonborn- Wiesentheid Weimar: Goethe-Schiller Archiv
Weimar: ThUringische Landesbibliothek
Paris: Bibliotheque de I' Arsenal Paris: Fonds du Conservatoire
National de Musique [housed in F-Pn] Paris: Bibliotheque-Musc!e
de l'Opc!ra Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale
Great Britain (GB): GB-BC Berkeley Castle GB-Cfm Cambridge:
Fitzwilliam Museum GB-Ckc Cambridge: King's College, Rowe Music
Library GB-Cmc Cambridge: Magdalene College GB-En Edinburgh:
National Library of Scotland GB-Lam London: Royal Academy of
Music GB-Lbl London: British Library GB-Lcm London: Royal
College of Music GB-L(pr) London: private collector GB-Lpro
London: Public Record Office GB-Lram London: Royal Academy of
Music GM-Mp Manchester: Central Public Library, Henry Watson
Music Library GB-Ob Oxford: Bodleian Library GB-Och Oxford:
Christ Church
Italy (I): I-Bc I-Bca I-BGc I-BRc I-BRcas I-CATc I-CF I-FAN I-
Fas 1-FI I-Fm I-Fn I-lBbor I-MAas I-MAav I-Mb I-Mc I-MAC I-MC I-
MOas I-MOe I-Nc I-PAc I-PLc I-Rc
Bologna: Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale Bologna: Biblioteca
Comunale Archiginnasio Bergamo: Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai
Brescia: Conservatorio di Musica Brescia: Civico Archivio
Storico Catania: Biblioteche Reunite Civica e Antonio Ursino
Recupero Cividale del Friuli: Archivio Capitol are Fano:
Biblioteca Comunale Federiciana Florence: Archivio di Stato
Florence: Biblioteca Laurenziana Florence: Biblioteca
Marucelliana Florence: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Isola
Bella: Palazzo Borromeo Mantua: Archivio di Stato Mantua:
Accademia Virgiliana Milan: Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense
Milan: Conservtorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi Macerata:
Biblioteca Comunale Montecassino: Biblioteca dell'Abbazzia
Modena: Archivio di Stato Modena: Biblioteca Estense Naples:
Conservatorio di Musica S. Pietro a Majella Parma: Conservatorio
di Music Arrigo Boito Palermo: Biblioteca Comunale Rome:
Biblioteca Casanatense
1-Rli I-Rp I-Rps I-Rrost I-Rsc I-Rvat I-RVa [RVI] I-RVo I-Sc I-
Tf I-Tn I-Vas I-Vc I-Vcg I-Vgc I-Vire I-Vlevi I-Vmc I-Vnm I-Vqs
I-Vlb
Portugal (P): P-La
Poland (PL): PL-Kj
Russia (RU): RU-Mcm
Slovakia (SK): SK-Br
Slovenia (SL): SL-Ls
Sweden (S): SoB S-Lu S-Sdt S-Sk S-Skma S-Sm S-Ou
Ukraine (UA): UA-Kan
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Rome: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana Rome:
Biblioteca Pasqualini [housed in I-Rsc] Rome: Archivio dei Padri
Scolopi, Chiesa di S. Pantaleo Rome: private collection of
Giancarlo Rostirolla Rome: Conervatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia
Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Rovigo: Accademia e
Biblioteca dei Concordi Rovigo: Officina Minelliana Siena:
Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati Turin: Accademia Filarmonica
Turin: Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria Venice: Archivio di
Stato Venice: Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello Venice:
Ca' Goldoni Venice: Fondazione Giorgio Cini Venice: Istituzioni
di Ricovero e di Educazione [housed in the Ospedaletto] Venice:
Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi Venice: Civico Museo Correr Venice:
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana Venice: Fondazione Querini-
Stampalia Vicenza: Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana
Lisbon: Palacio Nacional de Ajuda
Krakow: Biblioteka Jagellonska
Moscow: Conservatory of Music
Bratislava: Siovenska Narodna Knitnica
Ljubljana: Seminary Library
BMsta: Skoklosters Slott Lund: Universitetsbiblioteket
Stockholm: Drottningholms Teatermuseum Stockholm: Kungliga
Biblioteket Stockholm: Statens Musiksamligar Stockholm:
Musikmuseet, Archiv Uppsala: Universitetsbiblioteket
Kiev: Tsentral'na Naukova Biblioteka, Akademii Nauk
United States (US): US-AA Ann Arbor (MI): University of Michigan
US-Aut Austin (TX): Harry S. Ransom Humanities Center, Univ. of
Texas US-BEu Berkeley (CA): University of California, Music
Library US-Bp Boston (MA): Public Library
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US-CAh US-CAi US-CAu US-CHu US-Cn US-FAy US-lOt US-LAu US-NYpm
US-SFu US-Uu US-Wlc
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Cambridge (MA): Houghton Library, Harvard University Cambridge
(MA): Isham Memorial Library, Harvard University Cambridge (MA):
Harvard University, Music Library Chapel Hill (NC): University
of North Carolina Connecticut (CT): University of Connecticut
(Storrs) Farmington (CT): Lewis Walpole Library (property of
Yale University) Independence (MO): Harry S. Truman Library Los
Angeles (CA): University of California, Music Library New York
(NY): J. Pierpont Morgan Library San Francisco (SF): California
State University, Frank V. de Bellis Collection Urbana (IL):
University of Illinois Music Library Washington (DC): Library of
Congress
Icons
TITLES: . Year reported incorrectly in one or more
bibliographical sources
VENUES: n Proscenium representing the stage of theater in which
a work was performed ,;, Country villa in which a work was
performed 0 Private house in which singers gave private lessons
or concerts
DEDICATEES AND TEXTS: ih Individual dedicatee(s), if any,
followed by a summary of the text's argomento (general
background and context) or a reference to an earlier setting of
the same text. Collective dedication to all women, or to the
women of Venice 0 Collective dedication to the Venetian nobility
.... Connections of the text (and the music, if relevant) to
earlier or later uses of the same material.
DATING; MISCELLANEOUS FACTORS AFFECTING DATE OR PERFORMANCE: 0
Dating information £ Notarial, legal, or financial circumstances
R Health factors RS Staging and/or scenery " Bibliographical
information and concordances
WORK RECEPTION AND STAGING: @ Positive reception @ Mixed reviews
@ Negative reception e Work taken to be a satire
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Opera -- Italy -- Venice -- Chronology.
Theater -- Italy -- Venice -- Chronology.