2535.La musica a Napoli durante il seicento. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di
Studi. Ed. Domenico Antonio D’Alessandro and Agostino Ziino. Rome: Torre
d’Orfeo, 1987. xii, 730p. ML503.2 .M87.
Papers from a conference held in Naples, 11–14 April 1985, dealing with
instrumental and sacred music as well as opera. The most useful is Pier Luigi
Ciapparelli, “I luoghi del teatro a Napoli nel seicento: Le sale private,” which
describes the palaces, salons, and other nonpublic venues for opera, with
extensive primary documentation.- Hardie, Graham. “Neapolitan Comic Opera, 1707–1750: Some Addenda and
Corrigenda for the New Grove.” JAMS36 (1983): 124–127.
Provides bibliographic data for operas omitted in the NGworklists and offers
added commentaries for certain pieces that are cited in those lists. - Stalnaker, William Park. “The Beginnings of Opera in Naples.” Ph.D. diss.,
Princeton U., 1968. - Viviani, Vittorio. Storia del teatro napoletano.Naples: Guida, 1969. 971p.
PN2686 .N2 V8.
A history of the theater from ancient times. Includes chapters on 17th-century
dialect comedy and on Andrea Perrucci, librettist for many comic intermezzi.
Naples: Theaters
- Croce, Benedetto. I teatri di Napoli, dal rinascimento alla fine del secolo deci-
mottavo. 2nd ed. Bari: Laterza, 1916. 336p. PN2686 .N2 C92.
First edition, I teatri di Napoli, secolo XV-XVIII (Naples: Pierro, 1891; xi,
786p). In the preface to the revised edition, Croce describes the book as an
abridged, corrected reprint with some additions. It is a footnoted narrative
beginning with the first public theaters at the end of the 16th century. Lists of
musical works performed in some seasons. Name index. - Florimo, Francesco. La scuola musicale di Napoli e I suoi conservatorii.
Naples: Morano, 1880–1882. 4v. in 3. Reprint, Bologna: Forni, 1969.
ML290.8 .N2 F6.
V.1–3, biographies and documents; v.4, chronology of all premiere perfor-
mances in the city, 1651–1881. Kaufmannotes that there are numerous errors
in the list. Name index in v.3. - Schletterer, Hans Michael. “Die Opernhäuser Neapels.” Monatshefte für
Musikgeschichte14 (1882): 175–181; 184+; 15 (1883): 12–19.
Describes all the venues for opera, beginning with the mid–16th-century Com-
media Vecchia, Teatro della Pace, and Teatro San Bartolommeo (opened in
1583). The principal old houses were Teatro dei Fiorentini (1652), Teatro
Nuovo (1724), and Teatro San Carlo (1737; see following entries). Important
productions and singers are named, and good information is given on estab-
lishments and closings.
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