Introduction : genres of opera, styles of dance -- Handel's operas of the 1710s -- The Royal Academy operas -- Handel and the London theater, 1729-35 -- Theatrical dance and opera in London, 1735-55 -- The French connection -- Pastoral versus heroic : Handel's operas with dance -- Epilogue : opera dance in a changing marketplace.
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