Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Abbreviations xxiii
6. Editorial Principles xxvii
7. 1. Evenings at the Opera 1
8. 2. Arias: Form, Feeling, Exchange 42
9. 3. Programming Nature, Parma, 1759: First Case Study 97
10. 4. Festivity and Time 141
11. 5. Abandonments in a Theater State, Naples, 1764: Second Case Study 188
12. 6. Myths of Sovereignty 226
13. 7. Bourgeois Theatrics, Perugia, 1781: Third Case Study 284
14. 8. Morals and Malcontents 348
15. 9. Death of the Sovereign, Venice, 1797: Fourth Case Study 389
16. Epilogue 437
17. References 443
18. Index 493