Italian Opera Singers in Mozart's Vienna

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Dorothea Link examines singers' voices and casting practices in late eighteenth-century Italian opera as exemplified in Vienna's court opera from 1783 to 1791. The investigation into the singers' voices proceeds on two levels: understanding the performers in terms of the vocal-dramatic categories employed in opera at the time; and creating vocal profiles for the principal singers from the music composed expressly for them. In addition, Link contextualizes the singers within the company in order to expose the court opera's casting practices. Authoritative and insightful, The Italian Opera Singers in Mozart's Vienna offers a singular look at a musical milieu and a key to addressing the performance-practice problem of how to cast the Mozart roles today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-11-22
Mått:156 x 235 x 41 mm
Vikt:767 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:496
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252044649

Utforska kategorier

Musikböcker inom Kultur
Klassisk musik, konstmusik och orkestermusik inom Kultur
Opera inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Dorothea Link is professor emerita of musicology at the University of Georgia. Her books include The National Court Theatre in Mozart's Vienna, Sources and Documents, 1783-1792 and Arias for Stefano Mandini, Mozart’s First Count Almaviva.

Recensioner i media

"Dorothea Link crowns her research into Italian opera in Josephine Vienna by exposing systematically, season by season, the hierarchy of stars and lesser singers and the politics of their terms of employment: a book for scholars to treasure and enjoy."--Julian Rushton, author of Mozart

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments A Note on the Currency Used in Mozart’s ViennaThe Establishment and Management of the Italian Opera Company at the Vienna Court TheaterClassification of Operatic Roles, Voice Types, and Singing StylesCasting Information in Scores and Librettos of the Operas Produced in the Italian Company, 1783-91Nancy Storace: The Italian Company, 1783-84Nancy Storace: The Company Stabilizes, 1784-85Nancy Storace’s Annus Horribilis and Celeste Coltellini, 1785-86Nancy Storace’s Exuberant Year, 1786-87Anna Morichelli Comes and Goes, 1787-88Luisa Laschi: The Year of the Three Prima Donnas, 1788-89Adriana Ferrarese: Opera on a Shoestring, 1789-90Adriana Ferrarese: Portents of Change, 1790-91A Neapolitan Prima Donna and the End of Josephine Opera, 1791-92Appendix A. Roles of Ten Major Singers Appendix B. A Tale of Four ScoresNotesBibliographyIndex