"Performing Operas for Mozart: Impresarios, Singers and Troupes" by Ian Woodfield
CamUni Press | 2012 | ISBN: 1107014298 1139505211 9781139505215 9781107014299 | 291 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Using a wide range of primary sources which include the superb collections of eighteenth-century opera posters and concert programmes in Leipzig and the Indice de' teatrali spettacoli, an almanac of Italian singers and dancers, this study examines the annual schedules, recruitment networks, casting policies and repertoire selections of this important company.