A sociable moment opera and festive culture in baroque Siena Reardon, Colleen creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. nyu 2016 2016 monographic eng remote 1 online resource A Sociable Moment is the first book to examine the rise of opera in Siena during the Baroque. It focuses both on opera as a manifestation of civic self-fashioning and sociability, especially in pastoral works promoted by the expatriate Chigi family, and opera as business under the impresario Girolamo Gigli. The curtain rises -- A festive culture and its sociable network -- The Chigi between Rome and Siena -- A princess comes to town -- Siena, the Chigi, and the pastoral documents -- Pastoral reflections, political drama, and the end of an era -- The Rozzi and opera in the 1690s documents -- Innocence recognized and Cammilla revived documents -- Gigli's last bow and the return of the pastoral documents. Colleen Reardon. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-it--- Opera Italy Siena (City-state) 17th century Opéra Italie Sienne 17e siècle MUSIC Instruction & Study Voice MUSIC Lyrics MUSIC Printed Music Vocal Opera Italy Siena (City-state) 1600-1699 fast ML1733.2 782.10945/581 Sociable moment Reardon, Colleen. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016 (DLC) 2015038166 (OCoLC)923728084 9780190496319 0190496312 9780190496326 0190496320 9780190496302 0190496304 2015038166 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/8974 N$T 160712 20260319162331.5 in00005713360 eng