From Venice to Vienna -- Opera in Vienna, 1766-76 : theaters, management, personnel -- Goldonian opera buffa in Vienna before Salieri -- Constructing Le donne letterate -- Youthful exploration and experiment -- Three Goldonian comedies -- Joseph II and the end of the impresarial decade -- Italy, 1778-80 -- Joseph's Singspiel troupe and Der Rauchfangkehrer -- Les Danaïdes -- Joseph's Italian troupe and the renewal of Viennese opera buffa -- Between Paris and Vienna : Tarare and Axur re d'Ormus -- Da Ponte, Ferrarese and Hofkapellmeister Salieri -- Mozart and Salieri -- Leopold II, Tomeoni and the triumph of Neapolitan opera buffa -- Withdrawal and reemergence, 1792-96 -- Salieri's last operas and the end of Viennese Italian opera -- Appendix : A chronological list of Salieri's operas.