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Farinelli’s Dream: Theatrical Space, Audience and Political Function of Italian Court Opera
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distribution of the audience reflects a clear hierarchy, as the higher dignities of state
are distributed around the royal box (Luneta de los Reyes), starting with the five sec-
retaries, who formed the government lead by the Irishman Richard Wall, Secretary of
State at the time, who was seated on the third floor, box number 6, on the king’s right.
The remaining secretaries were also located on the third floor: Justice (box number 2),
War (number 4), Exchequer (number 7) and Navy (number 9). The diplomatic represen-
tatives at court were also present in two boxes on the second floor, the lesser envoys
(enviados y ministros in box number 2) and the higher-ranking ambassadors (embaxa-
dores at box number 5). The high court officials were naturally present, starting with
the Mayordomo Mayor (Lord Chief Butler), Fernando de Silva Álvarez de Toledo, the
XII Duke of Alba (second floor, box number 7), who as head of the royal household was
responsible for the distribution of the boxes and who therefore signed the document.
Nearby were located other highly-placed court officials, such as the Mayordomo Mayor
de la Reina (the Queen’s Majordomo), the two Caballerizos (Masters of the King’s and
Queen’s Horse, respectively), the Sumiller de Corps (the Royal Chamberlain) or the
the new king Charles III in 1760, is preserved at the Archivo General de Palacio in Madrid under the
signature P6910. For a reproduction of this source, see Torrione 2000b, p. 312.
Figure 4. Distribution of boxes for a performance of an opera at the Buen Retiro theatre,
Madrid 11 April 1755.
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Musiktheater im höfischen Raum des frühneuzeitlichen Europa
Hof – Oper – Architektur
- Title
- Musiktheater im höfischen Raum des frühneuzeitlichen Europa
- Subtitle
- Hof – Oper – Architektur
- Authors
- Margret Scharrer
- Heiko Laß
- Editor
- Matthias Müller
- Publisher
- Heidelberg University Publishing
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- German
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-947732-36-4
- Size
- 19.3 x 26.0 cm
- Pages
- 618
- Keywords
- Kunstgeschichte, Architektur, Oper, art history, architecture, opera
- Category
- Kunst und Kultur