MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lorenzo Da Ponte, Morality Play, Antonio Salieri
20 Jan 2016
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Introduction: reasons for don giovanni"s prominence in the operatic repertory. Music: mozart"s ability to fascinate and move the audience with. Drama: mozart collaborated with the poet and dramatic music dramatist lorenzo da ponte, one of the most gifted librettists in history with specific performers in mind and took full advantage of their abilities. Performance: mozart composed the opera: subject of don juan. Mozart and da ponte created a morality tale that combines: mozart"s distinctive operatic style. The development of the action is presented. Use music to create drama, to set scenes. Capital of bohemia and important city in the austro-hungarian. Count nostitz"s theater (now known as the estates theater) built. Empire, with a rich musical and artistic life in 1783; site of the premieres of don giovanni in 1787 and la clemenza di tito in 1791: the bondini opera company. Opera company started by pasquale bondini, italian singer and impresario (manager); winter season in prague, summer season in leipzig.
