Venetian Opera Productions: Analytical Views

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These analytical views give overviews of the main aspects of the Venetian opera repertory between 1660 and 1760.

Composers and Music

A few composers dominated Venetian opera at every stage of its development, but overall the number of composers covered here totaled more than 140. This excludes 25 pastiches (operas "pasted" together from a consortium of composers) and 17 unattributed works.

Librettists and Texts

Librettists were slightly less numerous, but over time the number of texts that were reworked by others made the overall picture of literary authorship fuzzy.

Theaters

By 1660 the number of regularly functioning theaters was stabilized at four, growing to six before 1680. Every theater had a different thrust, reflecting the tastes of the proprietor(s) and their associates.

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