Inventing the Business of Opera explores public opera in its infancy, bringing to life the men and women who successfully established the new genre on the stage

The study of the business of opera has taken on new importance in the present harsh economic climate for the arts. This book presents research that sheds new li

Throughout early modern Europe, patronage became a means for the dominant classes to highlight their wealth, intellectual finesse, and cultural and political ag

After more than three centuries of silence, the voice of Francesco Cavalli is being heard loud and clear on the operatic stages of the world. The coincidence of