Item Detail
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Columbro, Marta
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Teatro di San Carlo
Societ a italiana di musicologia -
La raccolta di libretti d'opera del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
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Book
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Ancilla musicae ; no. 3
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Lucca
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c1992
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Libreria musicale italiana
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xiii, 107 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
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Italian
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Spine title: Libretti del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli. At head of title: Societ a italiana di musicologia
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8870960625
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Operas--19th century--Librettos--Bibliography--Catalogs.
Opera--Italy--19th century--Bibliography--Catalogs. -
Compositions; Music Collections; Operas; Librettos; Operas; Nineteenth Century; San Carlo; Napels; Italy
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ML 136 .N15 T43 1992
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Excellent source if working on opera and ballet in Napoli 1822-1890. Also useful if researching performers in these operas, including singers, instrumentalists in the orchestra, dancers and conductors. The detailed information gives a wonderful history of the music in Napoli and the relationship between opera, ballet and the royal family at the time.
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Catalogue of libretti of operas and ballet between 1822-1890 performed mainly in different theatres in Napoli. There are 262 works included out of which over 180 performed in Napoli.
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It is divided in five main categories. The first and most important is the alphabetized list of operas and ballets. The other indexes are done by the name of the important people in these performances, characters in the operas or ballets, performance location and year of production. This catalog includes information on 70 categories including librettists, composers, choreographs, collaborators, interpreters, conductors, instrumentalists, painters, editors and more.
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At the end of each entry the location of the libretti is provided. Abbreviations comply with RISM format.
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Conati, Marcello. Rivista Italiana di Musicologia 29, no. 2 (1994): 610-13.
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BYU Mus Ref
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801