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Author Eisenbeiss, Philip.

Title Bel Canto Bully : the Life of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja
Published New York : Haus Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (400 pages)
Contents Bel Canto Bully; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Map of Italy, 1796; Introduction; 1. From Coffee Waiter to Croupier (1777-1806); 2. Naples, the only Capital of Italy; 3. Feeding Naples' Twin Addictions (1806-1813); 4. Rossini and Roulette (1813-1816); 5. Rising from the Ashes (1816-1819); 6. The End of Easy Money (1819-1822); 7. The Conquest of Vienna (1822-1824); 8. Juggling Europe's Stages (1824-1828); 9. Finding Successors to Rossini and Colbran; 10. Retreat from Milan and Vienna (1828-1831); 11. Counting the Losses (1831-1836); 12. Death is in the Air (1836-1841)
Epilogue: Barbaja's LegacyImages; Appendix 1: Cast of Characters; Appendix 2: Barbaja's Operas; Appendix 3: A Note on Currency; Notes; Bibliography
Summary The first major biography of the impresario Domenico Barbaja, accompanying a new Naxos album of Barbaja and his operas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-287) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Barbaia, Domenico, 1778-1841.
SUBJECT Barbaia, Domenico, 1778-1841 fast
Barbaja, Domenico 1778-1841 gnd
Subject Impresarios -- Italy -- Biography
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
MUSIC -- Lyrics.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
Impresarios
Impresario
Oper
Italy
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Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
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