performance information is lacking; (3) operas based on literary works.
Indexed by composer, librettist, title, literary title, and literary author.Cities and Regions
London
2711.The London Stage, 1660–1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments and After-
pieces.. .Carbondale: Southern Illinois U.P., 1960–1979. 11v. PN2592 .L6.
An important list of all stage productions, by date, with their casts. Financial
data and critical reviews are given. Music and dance components of each work
are identified. The final volume is a vast index of more than a half million ref-
erences, citing all titles and persons. A companion work by the same publisher:- Highfill, Philip H., Jr. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses,
Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–
1880.Carbondale: Southern Illinois U.P., 1973–1993. 16v. ISBN 0-8093-
0518-6. PN2597 .H5.
Gives information on about 16,00 persons, half of them musicians. Also maps,
theater plans, and much miscellaneous data. - Price, Curtis Alexander. Music in the Restoration Theatre. Studies in Musicol-
ogy, 4. Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research, 1979. xxi, 302p. ISBN 0-8357-
0998-1. ML1731 .P74.
Not about opera but about songs and music that were performed within spo-
ken plays. The tangled management picture of London theaters is well
described. Backnotes, indexes of songs and stage works. - Petty, Frederick C. Italian Opera in London, 1760–1800.Ann Arbor, Mich.:
UMI Research, 1980. xi, 426p. ISBN 0-8357-1073.4. ML1731.8 .L7 P512.
Based on the author’s dissertation (Yale U., 1971). A scholarly account of
operas, performers, productions, institutions, audiences, critical reactions, and
miscellaneous facts. Includes chronology of the 1760–1800 seasons in the
King’s Theatre and a table of performances of the operas of each composer.
The most popular opera was Piccinni’s La buona figliuola(112 times), fol-
lowed by three of Paisiello’s. Only two works of importance in the period
remain in the repertoire: Alcesteand Il matrimonio segreto. Excellent bibliog-
raphy of about 500 entries, name index, and index to operas and arias. - Smith, William Charles. The Italian Opera and Contemporary Ballet in Lon-
don, 1789–1820. London: Society for Theatre Research, 1955. xviii, 191p.
ML1731.8 .L7 S5.
A discussion of each season, concentrating on the King’s Theatre and the Hay-
market Theatre. Casts of all performances given. Index of titles, singers, ballet
artists, composers, and instrumentalists. - Knapp, J. Merrill. “Eighteenth-Century Opera in London before Handel,
1705–1710.” In British Theatre and the Other Arts, 1660–1800,ed. Shirley
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