 Vincenzo Bellini and Giacomo Meyerbeer: Shifting Markets (From Belcanto to the Grand Opera)María-Teresa Méndez-Picazo () and
Miguel-Ángel Galindo-Martín
Chapter Chapter 6 in On Music, Money and Markets, 2023, pp 113-138 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Bellini and Meyerbeer took great care to get the best possible terms in the contracts they signed, trying to avoid having to compose their operas in a short period of time as happened with other composers. Bellini regarded opera as a business that would allow him to live well and maintain relationships with the most important people of his time. Meyerbeer, who did not have financial problems since he came from a wealthy family, was very interested that his works should endure and be appreciated in the future. After analysing the resources obtained from the composition of their operas, the chapter also studied other sources of wealth, especially those of financial origin, and how Meyerbeer tried to use the claque and the press for his own benefit, that is, to prevent his operas were a failure on the day of their premiere. Finally, the political and economic aspects of Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète (1849) are also discussed. Date: 2023 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-43226-2_6 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43226-2_6 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.