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Regina Mingotti: Diva and Impresario at the King's Theatre, London (Paperback)
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Regina Mingotti: Diva and Impresario at the King's Theatre, London (Paperback)
Series: Royal Musical Association Monographs
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Regina Mingotti was the first female impresario to run London's
opera house. Born in Naples in 1722, she was the daughter of an
Austrian diplomat, and had worked at Dresden under Hasse from 1747.
Mingotti left Germany in 1752, and travelled to Madrid to sing at
the Spanish court, where the opera was directed by the great
castrato, Farinelli. It is not known quite how Francesco Vanneschi,
the opera promoter, came to hire Mingotti, but in 1754 (travelling
to England via Paris), she was announced as being engaged for the
opera in London 'having been admired at Naples and other parts of
Italy, by all the Connoisseurs, as much for the elegance of her
voice as that of her features'. Michael Burden offers the first
considered survey of Mingotti's London years, including material on
Mingotti's publication activities, and the identification of the
characters in the key satirical print 'The Idol'. Burden makes a
significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding of
eighteenth-century singers' careers and status, and discusses the
management, the finance, the choice of repertory, and the pasticcio
practice at The King's Theatre, Haymarket during the middle of the
eighteenth century. Burden also argues that Mingotti's years with
Farinelli influenced her understanding of drama, fed her
appreciation of Metastasio, and were partly responsible for London
labelling her a 'female Garrick'. The book includes the important
publication of the complete texts of both of Mingotti's Appeals to
the Publick, accounts of the squabble between Mingotti and
Vanneschi, which shed light on the role a singer could play in the
replacement of arias.
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