Author: Dorothea Link
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252053656
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
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.
The Italian Opera Singers in Mozart's Vienna
Author: Dorothea Link
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252053656
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252053656
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
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.
“The” Harmonicon
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Catalogue of Opera Librettos Printed Before 1800
Author: Library of Congress. Music Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Librettos
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Librettos
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Great Lablache
Author: Clarissa Lablache Cheer
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450003044
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 723
Book Description
During the Golden Age of Italian opera, Luigi Lablache triumphed as one of the most admired and accomplished international superstars. Born in Naples in 1795, his unprecedented forty-five year singing career dominated the glorious bel canto period when opera flourished as the principal form of entertainment. Now his direct descendant, Clarissa Lablache Cheer, puts forth this remarkable and long overdue biography of Lablache – the first ever to be written in English. Page by page, Lablache’s extraordinary story unfolds as the author guides the reader through the hectic and glamorous era of Italian opera and European high society. We follow Lablache as he conquers the dazzling nineteenth century opera world, singing Rossini roles from Napoleon’s time, through the Romantic Age, to become the special favorite of the Victorians in hundreds of Donizetti and Bellini’s bel canto productions. A vocal Hercules, everything about him is larger-than-life: his huge size, powerful voice, good looks, dramatic flare, and irresistible humor and charm. The foremost bass of his time, he rules the stage from London to Vienna, from Paris to St. Petersburg. Notably, Britain’s Queen Victoria singles out Lablache to be her beloved singing teacher for 20 years. Garnered from rare unpublished family memorabilia as well as primary source material across Europe and America, this fascinating family saga does not end with Lablache. Herein the author also recounts how Lablache’s well-known descendents of opera singers and actors carve out their brilliant careers on the stages of Europe, New York and Hollywood.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450003044
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 723
Book Description
During the Golden Age of Italian opera, Luigi Lablache triumphed as one of the most admired and accomplished international superstars. Born in Naples in 1795, his unprecedented forty-five year singing career dominated the glorious bel canto period when opera flourished as the principal form of entertainment. Now his direct descendant, Clarissa Lablache Cheer, puts forth this remarkable and long overdue biography of Lablache – the first ever to be written in English. Page by page, Lablache’s extraordinary story unfolds as the author guides the reader through the hectic and glamorous era of Italian opera and European high society. We follow Lablache as he conquers the dazzling nineteenth century opera world, singing Rossini roles from Napoleon’s time, through the Romantic Age, to become the special favorite of the Victorians in hundreds of Donizetti and Bellini’s bel canto productions. A vocal Hercules, everything about him is larger-than-life: his huge size, powerful voice, good looks, dramatic flare, and irresistible humor and charm. The foremost bass of his time, he rules the stage from London to Vienna, from Paris to St. Petersburg. Notably, Britain’s Queen Victoria singles out Lablache to be her beloved singing teacher for 20 years. Garnered from rare unpublished family memorabilia as well as primary source material across Europe and America, this fascinating family saga does not end with Lablache. Herein the author also recounts how Lablache’s well-known descendents of opera singers and actors carve out their brilliant careers on the stages of Europe, New York and Hollywood.
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
Mozart: A Life in Letters
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141902884
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
A selection of Mozart's letters, translated into English, complete with notes, linking commentary and chronology.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141902884
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
A selection of Mozart's letters, translated into English, complete with notes, linking commentary and chronology.
The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The Musical Guide
Author: Rupert Hughes
Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Music Lovers' Cyclopedia
Author: Rupert Hughes
Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
Music Lovers' Encyclopedia
Author: Rupert Hughes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description