ArcangeloAn English Baroque Journey
Portrait of the theatre manager John Rich in profile, wearing a long powdered wig and a blue coat with gold trim, c.1750.
Chapter Five

“The Court and Town were wonderfully satisfy’d”

Kathryn Lowerre & Robert ShayForthcoming

Alamy / The Picture Art Collection

Music for the stage: dramatick opera and theatre music for court and town, from Purcell to Handel's London.

This section of the journey has not been published yet. Its essay is still being written for the printed book, and it will appear here when it is ready.