Beschreibung:
Examines the pivotal role of dance in the Italian operas of Handel, perhaps the greatest opera composer between Monteverdi and Mozart.
Introduction: Genres of Opera, Styles of DanceHandel's Operas of the 1710sThe Royal Academy OperasHandel and the London Theater, 1729-35Theatrical Dance and Opera in London, 1735-55The French ConnectionPastoral versus Heroic: Handel's Operas with DanceEpilogue: Opera Dance in a Changing MarketplaceAppendix 1: A Study of Handel's Compositional ProcessAppendix 2: Theater and Dance Chronology