FRANCESCO ALGAROTTI

AN ESSAY ON THE OPERA (Saggio sopra l¿opera in musica) The editions of 1755 and 1763
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80079-505-1
Verlag: Peter Lang

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: Peter Lang prompt

This book is the first translation into the English language of a comprehensive study of opera and its constituent parts by an accomplished writer of the eighteenth century. Francesco Algarotti was concerned with developing opera as drama and a move away from the elaborate formality of the Baroque to a more naturalistic style. The Essay in its original Italian had considerable influence on the reform opera of Christoph Willibald Gluck.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Algarotti, Francesco

Burgess, Robin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Burgess, Robin

Über Autor(innen)

Robin Burgess is by profession a Catholic priest with degrees in Classics and Theology, who has had training in singing and taken part in recitals and concerts. He has a special devotion to opera in the Eighteenth Century, and in particular the works of Gluck.