The business of opera. Introduction to the business of opera in seventeenth-century Venice : people and finances - - The boxes : a major source of income
Marco Faustini and his companies
Case studies : companies and opera production at four Venetian theaters
The musical production. The libretto
The composition and the production of the opera score
Singers
Dancers, extras, and the orchestra
The physical production. Scenery and machines
Costumes
Consumers and patrons. The audience and the question of patronage.