W. A. Mozart: Idomeneo (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) - Hardcover

Rushton, Julian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521431441 ISBN 13: 9780521431446

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Idomeneo, Mozart's greatest opera seria, was composed for the finest orchestra in Germany and some excellent singers. This comprehensive guide charts the genesis of the opera, based on the composer's own accounts in his letters home.

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Idomeneo, by common consent Mozart's greatest opera seria, is a rich synthesis of the dramatic potentialities of Italian opera seria, French tragédie lyrique, and recent German opera. It was composed for the finest orchestra in Germany and some excellent singers. Mozart's relish of the challenge and his problems with some performers and the bureaucracy are uniquely documented in his letters home and these form the basis of a vivid account of the genesis of the opera. A detailed synopsis relates the musical and dramatic action of the opera. Further chapters trace the historical development of its subject matter 'from myth to libretto' and chart the opera's performance history, including a description of Richard Strauss's 1931 reworking. Later chapters consider the opera's general structure and the musical forms, and analyse passages of particular interest.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521431441
• ISBN 13: 9780521431446
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 197