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D'Oyly Carte: The Decline and Fall of an Opera Company

D'Oyly Carte: The Decline and Fall of an Opera Company

Seeley, Paul

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Theater HistoryOperaMusic Reference

ISBN10: 0367610493
ISBN13: 9780367610494
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 30 2021
Pages: 210
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book considers and discusses aspects of the management of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the twentieth century since the death of its founder Richard D'Oyly Carte, and concentrates on key events that contributed to its demise in 1982.

In this book, Paul Seeley follows the analytical model that proposes no single factor triggered the collapse, but rather several, both external and internal. In the case of an opera company the external factors may include public taste and market forces, but more significant are the internal factors such as the management decisions taken in response to external factors and how these compare with the original artistic aims, aspirations and business models of the founder. This is a study by someone with close observation of the administration; at the 1982 demise, Seeley was assistant to the company manager, having earlier served on the music staff.

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