{"product_id":"performing-operas-for-mozart-impresarios-singers-and-troupes-hardback-9781107014299","title":"Performing Operas for Mozart; Impresarios, Singers and Troupes (Hardback) 9781107014299","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePerforming Operas for Mozart\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImpresarios, Singers and Troupes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of the Prague Italian opera company and its role in performing Mozart's works in the late eighteenth-century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Woodfield (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107014299, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e290 pages, 16 b\/w illus.  38 tables  1 music example\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'No less noticeable than (Woodfield's) scholarly rigour are many signs of his capacity for intriguing speculation and lateral thinking.' Early Music\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Italian opera company in Prague managed by Pasquale Bondini and Domenico Guardasoni played a central role in promoting Mozart's operas during the final years of his life. Using a wide range of primary sources which include the superb collections of eighteenth-century opera posters and concert programmes in Leipzig and the Indice de' teatrali spettacoli, an almanac of Italian singers and dancers, this study examines the annual schedules, recruitment networks, casting policies and repertoire selections of this important company. Ian Woodfield shows how Italian-language performances of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte and La clemenza di Tito flourished along the well-known cultural axis linking Prague in Bohemia to Dresden and Leipzig in Saxony. The important part played by concert performances of operatic arias in the early reception of Mozart's works is also discussed and new information is presented about the reception of Josepha Duschek and Mozart in Leipzig.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Pasquale Bondini\u003cbr\u003e 2. Die Entführung aus dem Serail\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Italian troupe in Prague\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Prague Figaro\u003cbr\u003e 5. The genesis of Don Giovanni\u003cbr\u003e 6. The première of Don Giovanni\u003cbr\u003e 7. The casting of Don Giovanni\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Leipzig Don Giovanni\u003cbr\u003e 9. The 1788 Prague Don Giovanni\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mozart's music in Leipzig\u003cbr\u003e 11. Josepha Duschek's Academy (22 April 1788)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Mozart's Academy (12 May 1789)\u003cbr\u003e 13. Guardasoni in Warsaw\u003cbr\u003e 14. The première of La clemenza di Tito\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Leipzig reception of the Da Ponte operas (1792–4)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Guardasoni diversifies\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e], Classical music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20music%20%5Bc%201750%20to%20c%201830%5D%20%5BAVGC4%5D%22\"\u003ec 1750 to c 1830 AVGC4\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005372649752,"sku":"9781107014299","price":60.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107014299i_eea3179e-b0e3-47b3-b4d0-e5fa4aaabd7b.jpg?v=1691361015","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/performing-operas-for-mozart-impresarios-singers-and-troupes-hardback-9781107014299","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}