DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR Komische Operette in 1 act - KV 486 Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto: Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger First performed: Schönnbrunn Palace, Vienna, 7 February 1786; Kärntnertor Theater, Vienna, 11 February 1786 Dossier An imperial command is hard to refuse. Mozart, halfway through a little number called The Marriage of Figaro, was ordered to compose after-dinner … Continue reading 67. Der Schauspieldirektor (W.A. Mozart)
NINA, O SIA LA PAZZA PER AMORE Commedia per musica in 1 act By Giovanni Paisiello Libretto: Giuseppe Carpani and Giovanni Battista Lorenzi, after Benoît-Joseph Marsollier de Vivetières’ Nina ou La folle par amour First performed: Belvedere di San Leucio, Caserta, 25 June 1789 Revised: Teatro dei Fiorentini, Naples, in 2 acts, autumn 1790 Reception: … Continue reading 12. Nina (Giovanni Paisiello)
STRATONICE Opéra-comique in 1 act By Étienne Nicolas Méhul Libretto : François-Benoit Hoffman, after De Dea Syria (attributed to Lucan) First performed : Théatre Favart, Paris, 3 May 1792 Dossier. STORY SÉLEUCUS, King of Syria (taille = baritenor) ANTIOCHUS, his son (haute-contre) STRATONICE, promised to Séleucus (soprano) ERASISTRATE, doctor (baritone) Setting: Damascus, in the King's Palace, in Antiochus's room … Continue reading 11. Stratonice – Étienne-Nicolas Méhul
IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE By Christoph Willibald Gluck Tragédie lyrique in 4 acts Libretto : Nicolas-François Guillard (1752–1814), after Euripides’ tragedy First performed: Académie Royale de Musique (2e salle du Palais-Royal), 18 May 1779 Dossier. Today is Mother’s Day. Here’s an important moral lesson: Don’t kill her. STORY IPHIGÉNIE, high priestess (soprano dramatique) ORESTE, her brother (baritone) PYLADE, Greek … Continue reading 2. Iphigénie en Tauride (C.W. Gluck)
