Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- MUSICAL EXAMPLES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON CONVENTIONS -- Introduction -- (1) Theatre politics -- (2) Opera management -- (3) Opera criticism -- (4) Careers of singers -- (5) Music -- (6) The role of Charles Burney -- (7) A woman in management -- SOURCES -- The Althorpe manuscripts -- The Ozias Humphry manuscripts -- The diary of Edward Pigott -- The Hoare & Co. opera accounts -- The Drummonds account of Sheridan and Harris -- Journal Etranger -- The Remarkable Trial of the Queen of Quavers -- 1 The Hobart management -- 2 The new managers take control -- 3 Sacchini and the revival of opera seria -- 4 Recruitment procedures and artistic policy -- 5 The King's Theatre in crisis -- 6 The recruitment of Lovattini -- 7 The English community in Rome -- THE EMISSARY -- THE AGENT -- THE ARTIST -- THE BANKER -- THE AMBASSADOR -- 8 Lucrezia Agujari at the Pantheon -- 9 Caterina Gabrielli -- 10 Rauzzini's last season -- 11 The King's Theatre flourishes -- 12 The Queen of Quavers satire -- 13 Financial management -- THE HOARE ACCOUNT -- THE 1773-4 SEASON -- THE 1774-5 SEASON -- THE 1775-6 SEASON -- THE 1776-7 SEASON -- MORTGAGE -- RECEIPTS -- THE DRUMMONDS ACCOUNT -- THE SALT MANUSCRIPT -- 14 Opera salaries -- 15 The sale of 1778 -- APPENDICES -- Appendix 1a The accounts of Richard Yates and James Brooke at Henry Hoare & Co. (1773-1777) -- Appendix 1b The customer account ledgers of Sheridan and Harris (1778-1779) -- Appendix 1c Selected entries from the account of Jonathan Garton at Drummonds Bank (1778-1779) -- Appendix 1d The account of Gasparo Pacchierotti at Coutts & Co. (1779-1784) -- Appendix 1e A page of opera payments and receipts in the Salt MSS (1780) -- Appendix 2a Petition to the Lord Chamberlain (c.1770).

Considerations on the State of the Stage -- Appendix 2b Petition to the Lord Chamberlain (c.1775) -- The Managers of the Opera to the Lord Chamberlain -- Appendix 2c Draft petition to the Lord Chamberlain from Sheridan and Harris (1777) -- Gentlemen -- Proposals- -- Appendix 3a Journal Etranger, No. 1 (June 1777) -- Appendix 3b Opera reviews from Journal Etranger (1777-1778) -- JOURNAL ETRANGER, NO (NOVEMBER 1777), 148-55. -- JOURNAL ETRANGER, NO. 11 (NOVEMBER), 142-8. -- JOURNAL ETRANGER, NO. 12 (DECEMBER 1777), 142-3. -- JOURNAL ETRANGER, NO. 13 (DECEMBER 1777), 161. -- JOURNAL ETRANGER, NO. 14 (DECEMBER 1778), 144-5. -- JOURNAL ETRANGER, NO. 18 (MARCH 1778), 123-8. -- JOURNAL ETRANGER, NO. 19 (MARCH 1778), 143-6. -- JOURNAL ETRANGER, NO. 21 (APRIL 1778), 129-30. -- NOTES -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE HOBART MANAGEMENT -- 2 THE NEW MANAGERS TAKE CONTROL -- 3 SACCHINI AND THE REVIVAL OF OPERA SERIA -- 4 RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES AND ARTISTIC POLICY -- 5 THE KING'S THEATRE IN CRISIS -- 6 THE RECRUITMENT OF LOVATTINI -- 7 THE ENGLISH COMMUNITY IN ROME -- 8 LUCREZIA AGUJARI AT THE PANTHEON -- 9 CATERINA GABRIELLI -- 10 RAUZZINI'S LAST SEASON -- 11 THE KING'S THEATRE FLOURISHES -- 12 THE QUEEN OF QUAVERS SATIRE -- 13 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT -- 14 OPERA SALARIES -- 15 THE SALE OF 1778 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MANUSCRIPTS -- BOOKS AND ARTICLES -- INDEX.