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genere.” In I vicini di Mozart(#90), v.2, 431–456.
Developing from various precursors, the farsaemerged in Venice in the 1790s;
seven were staged in the carnival season of 1794. By 1800 there had been 28
premieres, but then the genre lost favor. Bryant discusses works of Paisiello,
Paër, Portogallo, Cimarosa, Mayr, Piccinni, and other leading practitioners.
Chronological table. - Salvioli, Giovanni. I teatri musicali di Venezia nel secolo XVII (1637–1700):
Memorie storiche e bibliografiche raccolte ed ordinate da Livo Niso Galvani
[pseudonym]. Milan: Ricordi, 1879. 193p. Reprint, Bologna: Forni, 1969.
ML1733.8 .V4 S3.
Useful chronologies for 16 theaters, with casts and names of all others associ-
ated with the events, and commentaries. Composer, title, name, and librettist
indexes. - Wiel, Taddeo. I teatri musicali veneziani del settecento: Catalogo delle opere in
musica rappresentate nel secolo XVIII in Venezia (1701–1800).2nd ed. Rev.
Reinhard Strohm. Leipzig: Peters, 1979. lxxx, 635p. ML1733.8 .V4 W6.
First edition, 1897. The revision has a new introduction and an updated bibli-
ography but does not change the text of the original. It is a chronology of all
theaters, recording 1,274 performances. For each, the composer, librettist,
singers and their roles, and miscellaneous information is given, but exact dates
are lacking—reference is to seasons. Indexes to titles, librettists, musicians,
singers, choreographers, and dancers. - Glixon, Beth L. “Recitative in Seventeenth-Century Venetian Opera: Its Dra-
matic Function and Musical Language.” Ph.D. diss., Rutgers U., 1985. 462p. - Brown, Jennifer Williams. “Con nuove arie aggiunte—Aria Borrowing in the
Venetian Opera Repertory, 1672–1685.” Ph.D. diss., Cornell U., 1992. 611p. - Morelli, Giovanni, and Thomas R. Walker. “Tre controversie intorno al San
Cassiano.” In Muraro(#2576), 97–120.
Describes documents about San Cassiano and about Francesco Cavalli in the
Archivio di Stato di Venezia and the Monastero di S. Maria dell’Orazion a
Malamocco. The materials concern economic activity of the theater and
administrative procedures. Cavalli was one of the founders of an academy for
performing at the theater (1638). The sources cast light on audience, recep-
tion, and competition among productions for the years 1635–1650.
Venice: Il Teatro La Fenice
2585.Gran Teatro La Fenice.Text by Giandomenico Romanelli et al. Photography
by Graziano Arici. Padua: Evergreen, 1999. 337p. ISBN 3-8228-7062-5.
ML1733.8 .V4 G7313.
A splendid photo book, mostly color, with English-language text. Originally
published in Italian, 1996. Pictures of the building in great detail and of playbillsItaly 479