The New Grove guide to Mozart and his operas / Julian Rushton.
| Author/creator |
Rushton, Julian |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | [New Grove operas] New Grove operas. ^A1153729 |
| Contents | Chronology of Mozart's life and operas -- Life -- Works: an overview of Mozart's operas -- The operas. Apollo et Hyacinthus ; Bastien und Bastienne ; La finta semplice ; Mitridate, re di Ponto ; Ascanio in Alba ; Il sogno di Scipione ; Lucio Silla ; La finta giardiniera ; Il re pastore ; Zaide ; Idomeneo, re di Creta ; Die Entfuhreung aus dem Serail [Abduction from the Seraglio] ; L'oca del Cairo ; Lo sposo deluso ; Der Schauspieldirektor ; Le nozze di Figaro ; Don Giovanni ; Cosi fan tutte ; La clemenza di Tito ; Die Zauberflote -- The librettists. Rufinus Widl ; Johann Andreas Schachtner ; Carlo Goldoni ; Marco Coltellini ; Vittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi ; Giuseppe Parini ; Pietro Metastasio ; Giovanni de Gamerra ; Gianbattista Varesco ; Christoph Firedrich Bretzner ; Gottlieb Stephanie ; Giuseppe Petrosellini ; Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais ; Lorenzo da Ponte ; Emanuel Schikaneder ; Caterino Mazzola -- The performers. Tommaso Consoli ; Francesco Ceccarelli ; Josepha Dusek ; Antonia Bernasconi ; Guglielmo Ettore ; Giovanni Manzuoli ; Anna Lucia de Amicis ; Venanzio Rauzzini ; Christian Cannabich ; Aloysia Lange ; Dorothea Wendling ; Elisabeth Wendling ; Vincenzo dal Prato ; Anton Raaff ; Domenico Panzacchi ; Caterina Cavalieri ; Therese Teyber ; Valentin Adamberger ; Ernst Dauer ; Ludwig Fischer ; Maria Mandini ; Nancy Storace ; Luisa Laschi (Mombelli) ; Dorothea Bussani ; Vincenzo Calvesi ; Michael Kelly ; Stefano Mandini ; Francesco Benucci ; Francesco Bussani ; Pasquale Bondini ; Teresa Saporiti ; Caterina Bondini ; Antonio Baglioni ; Luigi Bassi ; Francesco Albertarelli ; Adriana Ferrarese ; Luisa Villeneuve ; Josepha Hofer ; Anna Gottlieb ; Benedikt Schack ; Franz Xaver Gerl ; Maria Marchetti Fantozzi ; Domenico Bedini -- The cities. Salzburg ; Milan ; Munich ; Vienna ; Prague. |
| Abstract | Each entry in this New Grove series of composers and their operas is based on articles in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, that feature information on the lives of individual composers, their works, their librettists and interpreters, and the places where they performed. These unique books compile the meticulously researched articles into organized narratives, designed to make finding information as easy as possible without sacrificing readability. Each volume is completely up-to-date, and includes a suggested listening guide and an eight-page glossy insert containing relevant illustrations. Each volume is a must-own for lovers of opera and classical music. One of the best known and most admired figures in European music was Wolfgang Amade Mozart. His short but colorful life is of enduring interest, and his works remain central to the repertories of classical music. This book gives a concise and scholarly account of Mozart's activities as a composer of operas. It includes a concise biography, orientated towards the operas; an essay on Mozart's operatic contribution and style, and the antecedents to his operas; a separate synopsis and historical account of each opera; and three essays which bind into narrative form the dictionary entries on librettists, interpreters, and venues. There is a new introduction, a glossary of relevant terms, a list of operatic roles, and a guide to listening. |
| General note | Revised edition of: Mozart and his operas / edited by Stanley Sadie, c2000. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006035186 |
| ISBN | 9780195313185 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0195313186 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780195313178 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0195313178 (cloth) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.M9 R87 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |