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Eighteenth-Century Life (2022) 46 (3): 52–82.
Published: 01 September 2022
... the librettos in strictly dramaturgical terms. We need to ask whether there is coherence or development, and what Handel wanted in the librettos he set. Handel's operas have generally been categorized by date and/or venue. Winton Dean categorized them by “dominant temper,” characterized as “heroic or dynastic...
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Eighteenth-Century Life (2010) 34 (2): 65–82.
Published: 01 April 2010
... to the plot, however, Zoroastro was a late addition to the libretto, created expressly for Handel's production—an addition calculated to appeal to London audiences. The image of Zoroaster (the obvious model for Zoroastro) was prevalent in London during the 1720s and 1730s, appearing prominently in popular...
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Eighteenth-Century Life (2002) 26 (2): 23–44.
Published: 01 April 2002
... and 1689; and we assume that it was written for a perfor-
mance at Priest’s school in 1689, possibly during the coronation month.
The earliest known libretto of Dido and Aeneas announces it was
performed at Priest’s school “By Young Gentlewomen. The Words Made...
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Eighteenth-Century Life (2014) 38 (1): 137–140.
Published: 01 January 2014
... (1791), showing the thematic and dramatic relationship of these
librettos to Pietro Metastasio’s librettos for Alessandro (1725) and Artaserse (1738).
Naroditskaya’s second chapter concerns the heritage of French comedy (as
opposed to the Italian heroic plots discussed in the previous chapter...
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Eighteenth-Century Life (2021) 45 (3): 116–134.
Published: 01 September 2021
... of the cardinal virtues to the centerpiece as a corrective afterthought is accurate, why did the additions stop at the four virtues and not include the figure of Sapientia (or Theologia in the Applausus libretto), the central figure in a sapiential iconography that the presence of the four virtues evokes...
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Journal Article
Eighteenth-Century Life (2002) 26 (2): 69–82.
Published: 01 April 2002
... strategies. My method employs a variety of different sources: literature
describing the royal entry,6 the libretto and enclosed choreographic
instructions of the ensuing royal ballet Le Retour de la Paix,7 and a review
in the Gazette de Bruxelles. The twelve-page description...
Journal Article
Eighteenth-Century Life (2022) 46 (3): 83–100.
Published: 01 September 2022
..., Miller replaced his previous attacks on the composer with praise of the “sole Prince of Harmony Divine,” and he even went Fielding one better in his admiration. 16 In 1743, he wrote the libretto for Handel's oratorio Joseph and His Brethren . As the parallel with Miller suggests, rather than...
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Eighteenth-Century Life (2012) 36 (1): 107–112.
Published: 01 January 2012
..., comedy, even opera librettos), history, short prose works in a variety of
forms (tales, dialogues, satires, pamphlets); and for good measure a scientific
treatise” (3). One of the book’s more fascinating themes is the protean nature
of its subject. Starting with Geoffrey Turnovsky’s “The Making...
Journal Article
Eighteenth-Century Life (2009) 33 (1): 37–43.
Published: 01 January 2009
... that Addison’s attempt to found a native British
strain of opera, pro-Union and (albeit ambivalently) pro-Marlborough, in his
1707 libretto Rosamond, is a vital landmark here, and one might perceive Rosa-
mond to be in dialogue with The British Enchanters (1706) by Pope’s dedicatee,
Granville.5 Though...
Journal Article
Eighteenth-Century Life (2023) 47 (1): 88–96.
Published: 01 January 2023
... picture; it has been suggested that they are stagehands or performers waiting their turn. One reads a libretto or a promptbook. Backstage activity is there for a viewer to see and be reminded of the supposedly hidden mechanics of a play. Another “Brechtian” picture is Hogarth's theatrical conversation...
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Eighteenth-Century Life (2012) 36 (1): 30–53.
Published: 01 January 2012
... interpretations. Early dramatic treatments
include Calderón’s La Gran Cenobia (1625), Francois d’Aubignac’s Zénobie (1647),
Jean Magnon’s Zénobie reyne de Palmire (1660), Antonio Marchi’s libretto Zenobia,
regina de’ Palmireni (1694), and Zenobia di Palmira by Pasquale Anfossi with a
libretto by Gaetano...
Journal Article
Eighteenth-Century Life (2022) 46 (1): 56–78.
Published: 01 January 2022
... the need for heroic suicide. Cato isn't really about Cato. Addison had experience adjusting history to suit his dramatic vision; his libretto Rosamond (1707) revises the legend of Henry II's mistress, “Fair Rosamond” Clifford, dispatching her to a convent (she should die) and reconciling the king...
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Journal Article
Eighteenth-Century Life (2016) 40 (3): 36–67.
Published: 01 September 2016
... of Enlightenment, ed. John Rice
(Hillside: Pendragon, 2004), 11–39.
43. The libretto for this performance was printed. See Carlo Goldoni, Il Filosofo
di Campagna, a Comic Opera; As Performed at the King’s Theatre, in the Hay-Market
(London: W. Griffin, 1768).
44. Charles Burney, A General...
