{"product_id":"the-italian-opera-singers-in-mozarts-vienna-9780252044649","title":"The Italian Opera Singers in Mozarts Vienna","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDorothea 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. \u003cp\u003eAuthoritative and insightful, \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Opera Singers in Mozart''s Vienna\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dorothea Link crowns her research into Italian opera in Josephine Vienna by exposing systematically, season by season, the hierarchy of stars and lesser singers and the politics of their terms of employment: a book for scholars to treasure and enjoy.\"--Julian Rushton, author of \u003ci\u003eMozart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cp\u003eA Note on the Currency Used in Mozart’s Vienna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Establishment and Management of the Italian Opera Company at the Vienna Court Theater\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassification of Operatic Roles, Voice Types, and Singing Styles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCasting Information in Scores and Librettos of the Operas Produced in the Italian Company, 1783-91\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNancy Storace: The Italian Company, 1783-84\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNancy Storace: The Company Stabilizes, 1784-85\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNancy Storace’s Annus Horribilis and Celeste Coltellini, 1785-86\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNancy Storace’s Exuberant Year, 1786-87\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnna Morichelli Comes and Goes, 1787-88\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLuisa Laschi: The Year of the Three Prima Donnas, 1788-89\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdriana Ferrarese: Opera on a Shoestring, 1789-90\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdriana Ferrarese: Portents of Change, 1790-91\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Neapolitan Prima Donna and the End of Josephine Opera, 1791-92\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e Appendix A. Roles of Ten Major Singers \u003cp\u003eAppendix B. A Tale of Four Scores\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400455692631,"sku":"9780252044649","price":87.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252044649.jpg?v=1730470725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-italian-opera-singers-in-mozarts-vienna-9780252044649","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}