English 3700 Lecture Notes - English Renaissance Theatre, Senesino, Castrato
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Extra participation mark (+1) if you attend (must show the ticket) Opera features english singers (at the time they would be italian singers). Simple songs (ballads, very english, english folk songs), a few pieces of music from. Handel (wrote italian opera for the english stage), john gray wrote some libretto for handel and used some of his songs to make fun of italian opera. 1728, it was rejected at first but was finally accepted and ran for 62 nights in a row. People were a little wary about what it was. Every 3 nights the playwright would get the proceeds from the play. Often played on the love triangle: senesino would have to choose between the two women: senesino: castrato, cultural celebrity, cuzzonit: famous sopranos, faustina: famous sopranos. Famous castrati and divas, the people would attend to hear certain arias.
