The extraordinary correspondence between the impresario Felice
Giardini and his friend Gabriele Leone lies at the centre of this
study of Italian opera in London in the eighteenth century. Hired
by Giardini in 1763 to engage Italian performers for a season of
opera and ballet at The King's Theatre, Leone was sued by the
impresario when the performers he had recruited proved to be second
rate. His response was to publish the letters and instructions that
Giardini had sent to him, which feature the impresario's ten
commandments for the novice foreign opera agent. These letters are
transcribed and translated in this volume. As the authors reveal,
the documents provide a vivid and detailed source of information
about the world of eighteenth-century Italian opera, both in London
and in Italy.
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