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# **ARIA AND SONG (II) - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**) ** ## Mozart on *Il curioso indiscreto*: Success, Intrigue, and a Printed “Notice” (Letter of **2 July**) On **2…

# **ARIA AND SONG (I) - (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** In this chapter—which is something like an **intermezzo**—we approach the final part of our investigation, the chapter devoted to…

# **Placido Domingo - Recitar!... Vesti la Giubba, **aria from **Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci"**, in Franco Zeffirelli's 1981 film version. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxonfpfuTY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxonfpfuTY)

When 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥 (𝟏𝟔𝟓𝟗–𝟏𝟔𝟗𝟓) died at the age of 𝟑𝟔, England lost 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. Despite his short life, Purcell composed 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬, including operas,…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮𝟭 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗥𝗬 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘 After the portrait of Mozart as man, composer, performer, social being, elegant Viennese, player, worker, and vulnerable body, the biography enters…

The Sextet in Mozart’s Don Giovanni: Its Dramatic and Musical Importance The famous sextet in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, “Sola, sola in buio loco”, appears in Act II and is one of the great ensemble…

𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗨𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 – 𝗭𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗞. 𝟯𝟰𝟰 / 𝟯𝟯𝟲𝗯 – 𝗜𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 - 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟵–𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟬 - 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼: 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-zaide-ian-159120540?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗭𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲 is one of Mozart’s most…

𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐆𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤: 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲, 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬, 𝐀𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐆𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤, later known as 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤, was born on 𝟐 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟕𝟏𝟒 in 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡, near Berching in the Upper Palatinate, and died on…

𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 (1660–1725) was an 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 composer and one of the leading figures of the late 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 period. Born in 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼, he became especially important in the development of 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 and the 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 school…

On December 4, 1953, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 conducted at 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮 for the first time, in a production of 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗶’𝘀 “𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗮.” 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 (1923-1977) sang the title role. Bernstein was the first American to…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶'𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟰 The opening night of Verdi's Don Carlo at La Scala on 12 April 1954 was a gala evening for the opening of the 32nd…

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐙 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐄𝐀𝐑 “There is a girl called Janowitz, Graz. Find her.” Back in Graz, she received a phone call summoning her to the Vienna State Opera. “It is…

**Alessandro Scarlatti** (1660–1725) was one of the most important architects of Baroque music and the founder of the **Neapolitan school of opera**. Born in Palermo, he achieved early success and spent much of his…

# **Mozart’s Tonal Circle: Restraint as a Quiet Revolution (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** **Impossible—yet precisely here Mozart’s revolutionary nature reveals itself**, even though **he never advertises it** and **never…

# **Alessandro Stradella — A Life in 20 Chapters** **Chapter 1 — Identity, Dates, and Historical Context** Antonio Alessandro Boncompagno Stradella was born on **3 July 1643** in **Bologna** and died on **25 February…

# **ANECDOTES ABOUT JESSYE NORMAN** *The goddess of sound, the intellectual icon, the force of nature* ## **1. The Standing Ovation that Began in Mid-Aria** During *Erwartung* in Paris, the audience began applauding *before…

# **ANECDOTES ABOUT KATHLEEN BATTLE** *The angelic voice, the perfectionist temperament, the legend of impossible beauty* ## **1. The Telephone Audition that Started Everything** Kathleen Battle’s first professional break came when conductor Thomas Schippers…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐇. 𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟏–𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟗 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟗 — 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎𝐓 Among the many women who entered 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤…

# **Les Maîtres du Baroque - Box Set 18 CDs** 𝐂𝐃 𝟏 Albinoni: 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚 à 𝟓 𝐍𝐨. 𝟐 𝐢𝐧 𝐂 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫, 𝐎𝐩. 𝟐 𝐍𝐨. 𝟑 Albinoni: 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚 à 𝟓 𝐍𝐨. 𝟔 𝐢𝐧 𝐆 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫,…

𝐌𝐎𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐓’𝐒 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘 𝐍𝐎. 𝟒𝟏 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 “𝐉𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑” 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐑𝐓 Mozart completed his 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨. 𝟒𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐂 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫, 𝐊. 𝟓𝟓𝟏, on 10 August 1788. It was the last of…

# **Les Maîtres du Baroque - Box Set 18 CDs ** 𝐂𝐃 𝟏 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐢: Sonata à 5 No. 2 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐢: Sonata à 5 No. 6 in G…

𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐇. 𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝟏𝟖𝟏𝟎–𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟒 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 “𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄” 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐉𝐀 𝐆Ł𝐀𝐃𝐊𝐎𝐖𝐒𝐊𝐀 In 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟗, when 𝐅𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧 was…