- Boyd, Malcolm, and Juan José Carreras. Music in Spain during the Eighteenth
Century. New York: Cambridge U.P., 1998. vii, 269p. ISBN 0-521-48139-2.
ML315.3 .M87.
Consists of 18 essays by various authors. The only one on opera is a useful
summary by Xoán M. Carreira, “Opera and Ballet in Public Theatres of the
Iberian Peninsula”; it has 14 footnotes to the relevant literature. The volume
has a name and topic index.
Cities and Regions
Barcelona
The Gran Teatro del Liceo opened in 1847, burned in 1861, and was rebuilt and
reopened in 1862.
- Subirá, José. La ópera en los teatros de Barcelona: Estudio histórico
cronológico desde el siglo XVII al XX.2nd ed. Barcelona: Librería Milla, - 2v. in 1. ML1747.8 .B18 S8.
First edition, 1946. A detailed history of opera performances in the city to - Without index or bibliography.
- Virella Cassanes, Francisco. La ópera en Barcelona: Estudio histórico-crítico.
Barcelona: Redondo y Xumetra, 1888. vii, 380p. ML1747.8 .B18 V2.
A history with a chronology from 1788 to 1888. Appendix gives a list of
singers and a list of works performed. No bibliography or index. - Alier Aixalà, Roger. L’ópera a Barcelona: Origines, desenvolupamente i con-
solidacio de l’ópera com a espectacle.Barcelona: Societat Catalana de Musi-
cologia, 1990. 651p. No ISBN. ML1747 .A45.
Originally the author’s dissertation, U. of Barcelona, 1979. A thorough study
covering to 1800. Narrative style, with chronologies of seasons 1708–1801.
Economic data, information on singers. Bibliography, no index. - Alier Aixalà, Roger. El Gran Teatro Liceo.Madrid: Daimon, 1986. 119p.
ISBN 9-6860-2487-5. ML1747.8 .B18 A3.
A footnoted history of the theater, with architectural details but with few illus-
trations. The repertoire of the 1870s is described, and there is a list of 369
operas performed 1847–1986. No index. - Sabat, Antonio. Gran Teatro del Liceo. Barcelona: Escudo de Oro, 1979. 96p.
Not seen. Kaufmandescribes it as a narrative history with pictures. Kaufman
also mentions José Artís, Primer centenario de la Sociedad del Gran Teatro del
Liceo, 1847–1947 (Barcelona, 1950).
Cadiz
- Carreira, Xoán M. “Origenes de la ópera en Cadiz: Un informe de 1768 sobre
el Coliseo de Óperas.” Revista de musicologia10 (1987): 581–599.
A collection of documents on the theater, without introduction or commentary.
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