FRANCESCO ALGAROTTI

This book is the first translation into the English language of a comprehensive study of opera and its constituent parts by an accomplished writer of the Eighteenth Century. Francesco Algarotti was concerned with developing opera as drama and a move away from the elaborate formality of the Baroque to a more naturalistic style.

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Robin Burgess is by profession a Catholic priest with degrees in Classics and Theology, who has had training in singing and taken part in recitals and concerts. He has a special devotion to opera in the Eighteenth Century, and in particular the works of Gluck.

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Contents: An Essay on the Opera: Edition of 1755 An Essay on the Opera: Edition of 1763 Of the form, argument or business of an opera On the musical composition for operas On the recitative and singing in operas On the dances On scenery, dress, etc. On the structure of theatres Aeneas in Troy Iphigenia in Aulis.