"Aribert Reimann's ""Bernarda Albas Haus"", an opera after Lorca's play ""La Casa de Bernarda Alba"", directed by Harry Kupfer and conducted by Zubin Mehta. She performed at the 2001 Salzburg Festival the part of Adele in ""Die Fledermaus"" by Johann Strauss, directed by Hans Neuenfels and conducted by Marc Minkowski. She appeared as Zdenka in ""Arabella"" by Richard Strauss at the Bavarian State Opera in 2006. Roles by Mozart have included Ilia in ""Idomeneo"", Susanna in ""Le nozze di Figaro"", Zerlina in ""Don Giovanni"", Servilia in ""La clemenza di Tito"" and Pamina in ""Die Zauberflöte"". She also appeared as Nanetty"
"Servilia and Annius. All acknowledge the gods for the safety and protection Titus (Chorus: Che del Ciel, che degli Dei”). La clemenza di Tito (Gluck) La clemenza di Tito (""The Clemency of Titus"") is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a ""dramma per musica"" in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 4 November 1752 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Note: In typical opera seria fashion, all arias sung in La Clemenza di Tito are followed by the same character’s immediate stage exit. Setting: Rome"
"La clemenza di Tito (Gluck) La clemenza di Tito (""The Clemency of Titus"") is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a ""dramma per musica"" in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 4 November 1752 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Note: In typical opera seria fashion, all arias sung in La Clemenza di Tito are followed by the same character’s immediate stage exit. Setting: Rome 79 A.D. ""Scene 1: A room in Vitellia’s apartment overlooking the river Tiber"" Vitellia, the daughter of deposed Emperor Vitellius,"
"of Sesto, ""Se mai senti spirarti sul volto"" <br> Act II, scene 11 - Aria of Vitellia, ""Tremo fra' dubbi miei"" Act III, scene 3 - Aria of Sesto, ""Non chiedo perdono"" [a non-Metastasian text] <br> Act III, scene 5 - Aria of Tito, ""Se all'impero, amici dei"" <br> Act III, scene 8 - Aria of Vitellia, ""Se vado, oh Dio, a tui"" [a non-Mestastasian text] La clemenza di Tito (Mysliveček) La clemenza di Tito (""The Clemency of Titus"") is an 18th-century Italian opera in 3 acts by the Czech composer Josef Mysliveček. It was composed to a libretto by"
"by more than 40 other composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse (1735), Giuseppe Arena (1738), Francesco Corradini (1747), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1752), Andrea Adolfati (1753), Niccolò Jommelli (1753), Ignaz Holzbauer (1757), Vincenzo Legrezio Ciampi (1757), Gioacchino Cocchi (1760), Marcello Bernardini (1768), Andrea Bernasconi (1768), Pasquale Anfossi (1769), and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (""La clemenza di Tito"", 1791). More recently it was used as the backdrop for the Caroline Lawrence novels the ""Assassins of Rome"" and the ""Enemies of Jupiter"". Lindsey Davis mentions it, though without making it the central plot line in novels such as ""Saturnalia"". It is also the stimulus for"
"and Antonio Salieri. He composed a number of stage works and a good deal of church music for the abbey. He became (after 1787) a student of Salieri in Vienna. In 1791 he assisted Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a copyist with ""La clemenza di Tito"" and ""The Magic Flute"" and is presumed to have written the secco recitatives in the first. Their relationship was close and playful, to judge by surviving letters to Mozart's wife Constanze, whom Süssmayr accompanied to Baden, Lower Austria. Upon Constanze's request, Süssmayr took on the task of completing Mozart's Requiem after his death and did"
"prominent personages in their day. Among them were: Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany; Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, a celebrated soldier; Archduke Johann of Austria, also a soldier; Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary; and Archduke Rainer, Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia. Mozart's opera ""La clemenza di Tito"" was commissioned by the Estates of Bohemia for the festivities that accompanied Leopold's coronation as king of Bohemia in Prague on 6 September 1791. Joseph František Maximilian, 7th Prince Lobkowicz, commissioned a reconstruction of the Lobkowicz Palace's exterior in honor of the coronation, giving the palace the appearance that it retains to this day."
"rapturously received; the ""Prager Oberpostamtzeitung"" reported, ""Connoisseurs and musicians say that Prague has never heard the like,"" and ""the opera ... is extremely difficult to perform."" En route to Berlin in the company of Prince Karl Lichnowsky, Mozart passed through Prague on 10 April 1789 and returned on his way back to Vienna on 31 May 1789 and stayed perhaps a day or two longer. For further details, see Mozart's Berlin journey. Mozart wrote ""La clemenza di Tito"" for the festivities accompanying Leopold II's Prague coronation as king of Bohemia in September 1791. Mozart obtained this commission after Antonio Salieri"
"her great rival. From this time until her retirement in 1811 she continued to sing in Italian opera. Winter wrote his 'Calypso' (1803) expressly for her, and in 1806 she distinguished herself by producing, for her benefit, ""La Clemenza di Tito,"" the first opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in this country. During 1809-10 she suffered much from ill-health, and at length she retired from the profession, her last appearance being announced at her brother's benefit concert on 3 May 1811. She appeared, however, once more at Whitehall Chapel in 1814, at a concert in aid of the sufferers by"
"Franz Xaver Süssmayr Franz Xaver Süssmayr (German: ""Franz Xaver Süßmayr"" or ""Suessmayr"" in English; 1766 – September 17, 1803) was an Austrian composer and conductor. Popular in his day, he is now known primarily as the composer who completed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's unfinished Requiem. In addition, there have been performances of Süssmayr's operas at Kremsmünster, and his secular political cantata (1796), ""Der Retter in Gefahr"", SmWV 302, received its first full performance in over 200 years in June 2012 in a new edition by Mark Nabholz, conducted by Terrence Stoneberg. There are also CD recordings of his unfinished clarinet concerto"
"theme by Wittgenstein's old teacher, Josef Labor. His failure to complete the cantata is likely to be a further indication that he was not committed to the Nazi cause; such, at any rate, was the opinion of his friend Oskar Adler. Operas Oratorio Cantata Symphonies Piano Concerti Various Orchestral Works Chamber music Music for Trumpets Music for Organ and Trumpet Piano music Organ works Franz Schmidt Franz Schmidt (22 December 187411 February 1939) was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist. Schmidt was born in Pozsony (known in German as Pressburg), in the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (the city"
"Annemarie Kremer Annemarie Kremer, Emmer Compascuum, June 2, 1974, is a Dutch operatic soprano, known for her performances in the title roles of ""Norma"", ""Tosca"", and ""Salome"" and as Vitellia in ""La clemenza di Tito"". She has appeared at a variety of European opera houses including the Opernhaus Dortmund, the Staatsoper Stuttgart, and Opera North in England. From the age of ten, Kremer studied piano and dance. She joined the Maastricht Conservatory at 18, and studied with vocal professor Mya Besselink. At 19 Kremer was admitted to The Dutch Opera Studio. She later received vocal coaching from the tenor Carlo"
"Hugo Felix Hugo Felix (19 November 1866 – 25 August 1934), born Felix Hugo Hayman, was an Austrian composer of operettas and musicals born in Budapest, Hungary. Felix's parents were and Hungarian–Austrian merchant, Mori[t]z Hayman (died 1896) and a Slovakian–Austrian mother, Eugenie Bachrich (died 1908). He was educated in Vienna, graduated from Vienna University with a Doctorate in Science, but decided to pursue music instead of chemistry. His first operetta was ""Die Kätzchen"", first produced in Lemberg in 1890 and in Vienna in 1892. His other works included ""Husarenblut"" (1894, Vienna), ""Rhodope"" (1900, Vienna and Berlin), ""Madame Sherry"" (1902, Berlin"
"Giovanni"", ""Così fan tutte"", ""La clemenza di Tito"", and ""The Magic Flute"". The Italian operas were performed in German translation. As noted above, Schikaneder also produced ""La clemenza di Tito"" as a concert work. Although many of the works performed were popular successes, the expenses of Schikaneder's elaborate productions were high, and the company gradually fell into debt. In 1798, Schikaneder's landlord learned that the debt had risen to 130,000 florins and canceled Schikaneder's lease. Schikaneder persuaded Bartholomäus Zitterbarth, a wealthy merchant, to become his partner and take on the debt. As a result, the company was saved. Schikaneder and"
"Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Gürzenich Orchestra (Cologne), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra (Tokyo), London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra (London), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Munich), Orquestre Nacional (Madrid), Orchestre Radio-Télévision (Paris), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Geneva), Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra (Berlin), Opera Orchestra of Santa Cecila (Rome), San Francisco Symphony, Symphonie Orchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester (Zürich), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. His many recordings include the first complete recording of Mozart's ""La clemenza di Tito"". He was"
"Ferdinand Troyer Count Ferdinand Troyer (February 1, 1780 – July 23, 1851) was an Austrian noble, philanthropist, and amateur clarinettist. Born in Brünn (Brno), Moravia, Troyer became the chief steward to Archduke Rudolf of Austria-Tuscany. It was noted that on 2 March 1817, Troyer played the obbligato to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's ""Parto"" for the Vienna Philharmonic Society at the Large Ridotto Room. His sound was described as being ""sensitive,"" with an ""extremely tender handling"" of the clarinet. Because of the popularity of Ludwig van Beethoven's E-flat Septet, in early 1824, Troyer commissioned Franz Schubert to write a companion piece. Schubert"
"until 1737. However, the memories of his family and indirect references to this period in later documents give good grounds for believing Gluck arrived in Vienna in 1734, where he likely was employed by the Lobkowitz family at their palace in the Minoritenplatz. Philipp Hyazinth Lobkowitz, Gluck's father's employer, died on 21 December 1734, and his successor, his brother Georg Christian Lobkowitz, is thought to have been Gluck's employer in Vienna from 1735 to 1736. Two operas with texts Gluck himself was later to set were performed during this period: Antonio Caldara's ""La clemenza di Tito"" (1734) and ""Le cinesi"""
"San Carlo, but it did include the castrato Domenico Bedini, who would later appear in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera La clemenza di Tito in Prague in 1791. Act I, scene 1 - Aria of Cleonice, ""Fra tanti pensieri"" <br> Act I, scene 2 - Aria of Fenicio, ""Se fecondo, e vigoroso"" <br> Act I, scene 3 - Aria of Alceste, ""Scherza il nocchier talora"" <br> Act I, scene 4 - Aria of Olinto, ""Che mi giova l'onor della cuna"" <br> Act I, scene 5 - Aria of Barsene, ""Dal labbro che t'accende"" <br> Act I, scene 7 - Duet for"
"(1990), listed below. Emanuel Schikaneder Emanuel Schikaneder (1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812), born Johann Joseph Schickeneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ""The Magic Flute"" and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him ""one of the most talented theatre men of his era"". Schikaneder was born in Straubing in Bavaria to Joseph Schickeneder and Juliana Schiessl. Both of his parents worked as domestic servants and were extremely poor. They had a total of four children: Urban (born 1746), Johann Joseph"
"substituted on the express orders of the bride's uncle, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II. The choice of ""The Marriage of Figaro"" was considered improper for a new bride by many observers, and the couple left the opera theater early without seeing the entire work performed. Mozart complained bitterly of the intrigues surrounding this incident in a letter to his friend Gottfried von Jacquin that was written in stages between 15 October and 25 October 1787. Anthony was also present in Prague in September 1791 for the first performance of Mozart's opera ""La clemenza di Tito"", which was written as part"
"been first played at the family house, with the participation of Stadler and the composer himself. It undoubtedly reflects the favourite techniques and idioms of each of the players, including Stadler's proficiency in the chalumeau register, as illustrated by accompaniment figuration and melodic figures including that part of the compass. Mozart's opera La clemenza di Tito (K 621) was first heard in Prague on 6 September 1791. Although the orchestra was that of the Estates Theatre, Stadler travelled to Prague with Mozart, who included two arias with major solos for him: Sesto's ""Parto, parto"", which has a large basset clarinet"
"Arminio (Biber) Arminio or ""Chi la Dura la Vince"" is an opera (""Dramma musicale"") – and the earliest extant opera composed in Salzburg – in three acts about the Germanic military hero Arminius, and the only surviving opera composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, composed ca. 1690–1692 with an Italian libretto probably by Francesco Maria Raffaelini. The manuscript score is kept in the Carolino Augusteum of Salzburg. The opera is about the story of the wife of Arminius, Thusnelda (Segesta) who becomes prisoner of Germanicus. H.I.F. Biber: ""Arminio"", Salzburger Hofmusik, Il Dolcimelo. Gotthold Schwarz / Bernhard Landauer / Irena Troupova"
"Tito Schipa Tito Schipa (; born Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa; 2 January 1889 in Lecce16 December 1965) was an Italian tenor, considered the greatest tenore di grazia and one of the most popular tenors of the century. Schipa was born as Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa on 27 December 1888 in Lecce in Apulia into an Arbëreshë family; his birthday was recorded as January 2, 1889 for military conscription purposes. He studied in Milan and made his operatic debut at age 21 in 1910 at Vercelli. He subsequently appeared throughout Italy and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1917, he created the"
"Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include ""Der Rosenkavalier"", ""Elektra"", ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"" and ""Salome""; his Lieder, especially his ""Four Last Songs""; his tone poems, including ""Don Juan"", ""Death and Transfiguration"", ""Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks"", ""Also sprach Zarathustra"", ""Ein Heldenleben"", ""Symphonia Domestica"", and ""An Alpine Symphony""; and other instrumental works such as ""Metamorphosen"" and his Oboe Concerto. Strauss was also a prominent conductor in Western Europe and the Americas, enjoying quasi-celebrity status"
"Selective bibliography Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include ""Der Rosenkavalier"", ""Elektra"", ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"" and ""Salome""; his Lieder, especially his ""Four Last Songs""; his tone poems, including ""Don Juan"", ""Death and Transfiguration"", ""Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks"", ""Also sprach Zarathustra"", ""Ein Heldenleben"", ""Symphonia Domestica"", and ""An Alpine Symphony""; and other instrumental works such as ""Metamorphosen"" and his Oboe Concerto. Strauss was also a prominent conductor in Western Europe and the Americas, enjoying"
"scored for the basset clarinet. Recordings of the work by Dieter Klöcker (on Novalis) on ""normal clarinet"" and by Thea King (on Hyperion) in a reconstructed version for basset clarinet by Michael Freyhan are available. Books Articles Editions Franz Xaver Süssmayr Franz Xaver Süssmayr (German: ""Franz Xaver Süßmayr"" or ""Suessmayr"" in English; 1766 – September 17, 1803) was an Austrian composer and conductor. Popular in his day, he is now known primarily as the composer who completed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's unfinished Requiem. In addition, there have been performances of Süssmayr's operas at Kremsmünster, and his secular political cantata (1796), ""Der"
"Zelmira Zelmira () is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola. Based on the French play, ""Zelmire"" by de Belloy, it was the last of the composer's Neapolitan operas. Stendhal called its music Teutonic, comparing it with ""La clemenza di Tito"" but remarking: ""...while Mozart would probably, had he lived, have grown completely Italian, Rossini may well, by the end of his career, have become more German than Beethoven himself!"" The first performance of ""Zelmira"" was in Naples at the Teatro di San Carlo on 16 February 1822. This was followed by"
"1983 complete reference recording La finta semplice La finta semplice (""The Fake Innocent""), K. 51 (46a) is an opera buffa in three acts for seven voices and orchestra, composed in 1768 by then 12-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Young Mozart and his father Leopold were spending the year in Vienna, where Leopold was trying to establish his son as an opera composer. He was acting on a suggested request from the Emperor Joseph II that the young boy should write an opera. Leopold chose an Italian libretto by the Vienna court poet Marco Coltellini, which was based on an early work"
"among them. Later that year Mozart returned to Prague in order to complete and then produce his next opera, ""Don Giovanni"". At this time, he stayed with the Duscheks in their summer house, called the Villa Bertramka, at Smíchov near Prague. Mozart may also have stayed there while completing his opera ""La clemenza di Tito"" in September 1791. During the 1787 visit, Mozart wrote the concert aria ""Bella mia fiamma, addio,"" K. 528 (it is dated 3 November 1787). The composition of this aria was somewhat unusual; the following tale is attributed to Mozart's son Karl Thomas: Bernard Wilson, commenting"
"and ""La clemenza di Tito"" at the Bertramka, or indeed that he even worked on them there. Dušek died in Prague. He was a teacher of Mozart's son Karl Thomas, who became a gifted pianist, although he did not pursue a career in music. Dušek's wife Josepha Hambacher (7 March 17538 January 1824) had been taught by him and was a famous pianist and soprano. She sang important soprano roles in Mozart operas in early performances, and Mozart's concert aria ""Bella mia fiamma"" (catalogued as K. 528) was written for her. Dušek composed sonatas, variations and concertos for harpsichord and"
"our paltry minds cannot know that illustrious heart. If this compassion is hymned, it is not at the expense of his justice, for every virtue, Excellency, is enthroned in your heart.</poem> Or che il dover – Tali e cotanti sono ""Or che il dover – Tali e cotanti sono"", K. 36, is a concert aria in D major for tenor and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The aria was written in late 1766 in Salzburg when Mozart was ten years old. The author of the lyrics is unknown. It was the first composition by Mozart since his family's return to"
"La finta semplice La finta semplice (""The Fake Innocent""), K. 51 (46a) is an opera buffa in three acts for seven voices and orchestra, composed in 1768 by then 12-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Young Mozart and his father Leopold were spending the year in Vienna, where Leopold was trying to establish his son as an opera composer. He was acting on a suggested request from the Emperor Joseph II that the young boy should write an opera. Leopold chose an Italian libretto by the Vienna court poet Marco Coltellini, which was based on an early work by Carlo Goldoni. During"
"Emanuel Schikaneder Emanuel Schikaneder (1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812), born Johann Joseph Schickeneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ""The Magic Flute"" and was the builder of the Theater an der Wien. Peter Branscombe called him ""one of the most talented theatre men of his era"". Schikaneder was born in Straubing in Bavaria to Joseph Schickeneder and Juliana Schiessl. Both of his parents worked as domestic servants and were extremely poor. They had a total of four children: Urban (born 1746), Johann Joseph (died at age"