The Italian Opera Singers in Mozart's Vienna

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.

ISBN:	9780252044649
Publisher:	University of Illinois Press
Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Published date:	22 Nov 2022
DEWEY:	782.10943613
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	496
Weight:	-1g
Height:	235mm
Width:	156mm

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