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Vincenzo Bellini and Giacomo Meyerbeer: Shifting Markets (From Belcanto to the Grand Opera)

In: On Music, Money and Markets

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  • María-Teresa Méndez-Picazo

    (Complutense University of Madrid)

  • Miguel-Ángel Galindo-Martín

    (University of Castilla-La Mancha)

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.

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  • María-Teresa Méndez-Picazo & Miguel-Ángel Galindo-Martín, 2023. "Vincenzo Bellini and Giacomo Meyerbeer: Shifting Markets (From Belcanto to the Grand Opera)," Springer Books, in: Thomas Baumert & Francisco Cabrillo (ed.), On Music, Money and Markets, chapter 0, pages 113-138, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-43226-2_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43226-2_6
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