and scenes. Dance and opera are well covered. Commentaries are of interest as
well. No chronologies. The project aims to restore the building “looking as it
did before it fell into flames.” Many photos show the fire (29 January 1996) in
progress and the condition of the structure after the conflagration.- Nani Mocenigo, Mario. Il teatro La Fenice: Notizie storiche e artistiche.
Venice: Industrie Poligrafiche Venete, 1926. 71, xxxiii p. ML1733.8 .V4 N18.
Diverse essays on the theater itself (opened in 1791) and on early perfor-
mances. Chronology of operas and ballets 1792–1925, with names of artists;
commentaries on the works, with details of critical reception. - Hannemann, Beate. Im Zeichen der Sonne: Geschichte und Repertoire des
Opernhauses “La Fenice” von seiner Gründig bis zum Wiener Kongress
(1787–1814). Dialoghi/Dialogues, 2. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1996. 332p. ISBN
3-631-30261-4. ML1733.8 .V4 H36.
Based on the author’s dissertation, U. of Hannover. A useful exploration of the
political background in which the theater was planned, its financing, architec-
ture and decoration, choice of its name, and critical response to the new struc-
ture. An account of the impresarios, repertoire, librettists, premieres, and the
variable stability of the enterprise during the period. Extensively footnoted,
bibliography of about 400 primary and secondary sources, name index. - Girardi, Michele. Il Teatro La Fenice: Cronologia degli spettacoli, 1938–1991.
Venice: Albrizzi, 1992. xxiii, 650p. ISBN 88-3175-5099. ML1733.8 .V4 G57.
A detailed chronology, with casts, for 4,089 performances. Bibliography,
index of persons and titles. An earlier volume by Girardi, covering 1792–
1936, was not available for examination.
Venice: Teatro Grimani
- Saunders, Harris. “Repertoire of a Venetian Opera House, 1678–1714: The
Teatro Grimani di San Giovanni Grisostomo.” Ph.D. diss., Harvard U., 1985.
568p.
Vicenza
- Schivao, Remo. A Guide to the Olympic Theatre.2nd English ed. Trans. Patri-
cia Anne Hill. Vicenza: Accademia Olimpica, 1981. 160p.
Not seen. Originally Guida al Teatro Olimpico. Kaufmandescribes it as a
stunning coffee-table book, with historical text but no chronologies. Index of
titles and singers.
Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika; Lietuva)
The country declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. All the scholarly
writing on opera is in Lithuanian, except a master’s thesis by Vytas Nakas, “Jurgis Kar-
navicius: Grazina,the First Lithuanian Opera” (Indiana U., 1974); the abstract in
RILMindicates coverage of Lithuanian opera in general. Three items in Lithuanian:
- Mazeika, Vytautas. Opera: LietuviTtarybinio operos teatro raida, 1940–1965.
Vilnius: Mintis, 1967. 207p. ML1751 .L58 M4.
480 Opera