Fashionable Theater. From the history of opera art. Educational guide

The Treaty of Benedetto Marko, the Fashion Theater is a unique monument of musical culture of the XVIII century. The eminent Venetian patrician, who won fame not only as a composer, but also as a prominent politician, describes in this opus the process of creating an opera performance in detail. The reader unfolds a bright picture of the backstage life of a baroque music theater. The intrigues of the impresario, the ignorance of the composers, the snobbery of the singers are taken by the author to the public court. However, Marcello is not limited to satirical attacks. The Fashion Theater is of particular value as an important source of information on the history of the formation of musical art, in which you can draw priceless information regarding the specifics of the baroque opera. The treatise was and remains one of the most popular and representative journalistic works of the XVIII century, it first goes into the press in Russian in full.
The book is intended for professional musicians, teachers, students of higher and secondary special educational institutions, as well as a wide range of readers interested in the history of opera art