The German Popular Play ‘Atis' and the Venetian Opera : A Study of the Conversion of Operas into Popular Plays, 1675–1722, with Special Reference to t (Paperback)

Preface; Introduction; 1A. Description of MS, authorship, date, provenance; 1B. Italian influence on the arts in Vienna; 2. Origin and structural elements of the Venetian opera; 3A. The 'mise-en-scene' of the Venetian opera; 3B. The Jesuit drama and the opera at Vienna; 4. The opera at Vienna and the popular theatre; 5. Der stumme Prinz Atis; its relation to the Hamburg opera and the popular theatre in Vienna; 6. Analysis of the structural elements of Atis; comparison with the Italian original Creso, and with Bostel's Croesus; Conclusion; List of libretti and 'haupt- und staatsaktionen'; Bibliography; Index.