Opera & Vivaldi - Collins, Michael B. 1930-; Kirk, Elise K. -1932; (Elise Kuhl) (Austin, TX University of Texas Press, 1984)
Introduction: Vivaldi's Orlando furioso: The Dallas Opera Production and Symposium / E. K. Kirk -- Costume in the Frescoes of Tiepolo and 18th-Century Italian Operas / W. L. Barcham -- Ariosto and the Oral Tradition / C. P. Brand -- Embellishing 18th-Century Arias: On Cadenzas / H. M. Brown -- Cadential Structures and Accompanimental Practices in 18th-Century Italian Recitative / M. Collins -- Grazio Braccioli's Orlando furioso: A History and Synopsis of the Libretto / M. Collins -- Literary Sources and Their Transformation into Opera: Dramatic Theory and the Italian Baroque Libretto / Voice Register as an Index of Age and Status in Opera Seria / R. Covell -- The Relationship between Text and Music in the Operas of Vivaldi / E. Cross -- Declamation and Expressive Singing in Recitative / M. Cyr -- Mythological Subjects in Opera Seria / S. Hansell -- Eighteenth-Century Orlando: Hero, Satyr, and Fool / E. T. Harris -- Vivaldi's Orlando: Sources and Contributing Factors / J. W. Hill -- Venetian Theaters during Vivaldi's Era / W. C. Holmes -- Vivaldi as Self-Borrower / K. Kropfinger -- Preparing the Critical Edition: An Interview with Alan Curtis / M. P. McClymonds -- Opera Seria Today: A Credo / A. Porter -- Orlando in Seicento Venice: The Road Not Taken / E. Rosand -- Ariosto's Orlando and Opera Seria / G. Schmidgall -- Opera Criticism and the Venetian Press / E. Selfridge-Field -- Baroque Manners and Passions in Modern Performance / S. Wynne
Includes bibliographies and index.
Keywords: Vivaldi, Antonio -- 1678-1741; Ariosto, Lodovico -- 1474-1533; Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista -- 1696-1770; Curtis, Alan -- 1934-2015; 18th Century (1701-1800); 17th Century (1601-1700); Opera; Costume; Staging; Theater; Recitative; Declamation; Music criticism; Historically informed performance; Mythology; Venice (Italy); Dallas (USA)