{"product_id":"the-politics-of-opera-in-handels-britain-hardback-9781107009882","title":"The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain (Hardback) 9781107009882","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThomas McGeary's book explores the relationship between Italian opera and British partisan politics in the era of George Frideric Handel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas McGeary (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107009882, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 April 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e422 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  5 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 2.4 cm, 0.93 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… [a] detailed and well-referenced study … it is certain to become essential reading not only for those interested in new directions for Handel scholarship but also for anyone with an interest in better understanding the impact of the turbulent political times on the cultural life of early eighteenth-century London.' Andrew Pink, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain examines the involvement of Italian opera in British partisan politics in the first half of the eighteenth century, which saw Sir Robert Walpole's rise to power and George Frideric Handel's greatest period of opera production. McGeary argues that the conventional way of applying Italian opera to contemporary political events and persons by means of allegory and allusion in individual operas is mistaken; nor did partisan politics intrude into the management of the Royal Academy of Music and the Opera of the Nobility. This book shows instead how Senesino, Faustina, Cuzzoni and events at the Haymarket Theatre were used in political allegories in satirical essays directed against the Walpole ministry. Since most operas were based on ancient historical events, the librettos - like traditional histories - could be sources of examples of vice, virtue, and political precepts and wisdom that could be applied to contemporary politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Opera and political allegory: when is it an allegory? When is it political?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Politics in the Royal Academy of Music\u003cbr\u003e 4. The opera house, allegory, and the political opposition\u003cbr\u003e 5. Handel's Second Academy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rival opera companies and Farinelli at the Court of Madrid\u003cbr\u003e 7. Politics, theatre, and opera in the 1730s\u003cbr\u003e 8. The opera stage as political history\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendices: 1. Directors of the Royal Academy of Music\u003cbr\u003e 2. Operas of the Royal Academy of Music\u003cbr\u003e 3. Directors of the Opera of the Nobility\u003cbr\u003e 4. Operas of the Opera of the Nobility\u003cbr\u003e 5. Hanoverian celebratory pieces.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e], Classical music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20music%20%5Bc%201750%20to%20c%201830%5D%20%5BAVGC4%5D%22\"\u003ec 1750 to c 1830 AVGC4\u003c\/a\u003e], Music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Music%20%5BAV%5D%22\"\u003eAV\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005243281688,"sku":"9781107009882","price":103.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107009882i_cb743b44-74e0-450f-bd1e-fb9ffb165ebe.jpg?v=1691360930","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-politics-of-opera-in-handels-britain-hardback-9781107009882","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}