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Opera seria. Libretto by Giambattista Varesco. Mozart wrote a ballet to accompany the opera (K. 367), which he himself considered more of a Lullian divertissement. Regarded as Mozart's first "mature" opera, it is one of his earliest operas to still be regularly performed today. 384: 384: Die Entführung aus dem Serail: 1781–82 16 July 1782
The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is regarded as the natural successor to the tradition of Giuseppe Verdi and is considered the greatest Italian opera proponent of his time. Best known for his 12 operas , his style quickly departed from the predominant Romantic Italian style and he emerged as the most significant representative ...
Giordano's second most popular opera. [59] 1898 Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov). The Viking Trader's song from this opera has become extremely popular in Russia. [145] 1899 Cendrillon (Massenet). An immediate success at the time of the premiere, the opera enjoyed 50 performances in 1899 alone. [150] 1899 The Devil and Kate (Antonín Dvořák). The lack ...
The opera was the culmination of a period of increasing involvement by Mozart with Schikaneder's theatrical troupe, which since 1789 had been the resident company at the Theater auf der Wieden. Mozart was a close friend of one of the singer-composers of the troupe, tenor Benedikt Schack (the first Tamino), and had contributed to the ...
tragic opera in 3 acts (fairy tale); libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil: 203a: 114/0: 1900: Rusalka, předehra k opeře: Overture to Rusalka: orchestra: overture to the opera B. 203 204 – 1901: Zpěv z Lešetínského kováře: Song of the Smith of Lešetín: voice and piano: song after a poem by Svatopluk Čech; completed by Josef Suk 205: 71b ...
"Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" (Toreador's Song) 74 Eugene Onegin: Tchaikovsky "Kuda vy udalilis" (Lensky's aria) 73 Aida: Verdi "O terra, addio" (act 4 final duet) 72 Götterdämmerung: Wagner Immolation of Brünnhilde 71 Lakmé: Delibes "Où va la jeune Indoue" (Bell Song) 70 Andrea Chénier: Giordano "La mamma morta" 69 The Merry ...
Mozart's texts came from a variety of sources, and the early operas were often adaptations of existing works. [b] The first librettist chosen by Mozart himself appears to have been Giambattista Varesco, for Idomeneo in 1781. [9] Five years later, he began his most enduring collaboration, with Lorenzo Da Ponte, his "true phoenix". [10]
He wrote works for orchestra including several concertos, also three operas, two ballets, incidental music for plays and film music. He composed songs , often on texts by contemporary authors. His religious music includes the Mass in G major, the Stabat Mater and Gloria.