John A. Rice

Mozart on the Stage

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Telling the story of Mozart's operas from concept to stage, this book outlines Mozart's achievements as an operatic composer.

Produktdetails

• Composers on the Stage
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780521816342
• ISBN-10: 0521816343
• Artikelnr.: 24926984

Autorenporträt

John A. Rice has taught music history at the University of Washington, Colby College, the University of Houston, the University of Texas, and the University of Alabama, where in 2005 he occupied the Endowed Chair in Music.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Mozart in the theater
2. Mozart's operas: function, genres, archetypes
3. Commissions, fees, and the origins of Mozart's operas
4. Mozart and his librettists
5. Composition
6. Mozart and his singers
7. Rehearsal, revision, and promotion
8. Theaters and stage design
9. The audience
10. Performance and reception.

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- Preface
- 1. Mozart in the theater
- 2. Mozart's operas: function, genres, archetypes
- 3. Commissions, fees, and the origins of Mozart's operas
- 4. Mozart and his librettists
- 5. Composition
- 6. Mozart and his singers
- 7. Rehearsal, revision, and promotion
- 8. Theaters and stage design
- 9. The audience
- 10. Performance and reception

Rezensionen

'With its expert handling of evidence of all kinds, Rice's study must count as the best portrait yet of Mozart as a man of the theatre, sharply and convincingly drawn.' Eighteenth-Century Music