La vestale spontini pdf file

During the first two decades of the 19th century, spontini was an important figure in french opera. The bass has a rough tone and sings excruciating french. Part of the research project romantic overtures, 18201850. In 1819 he was a leading musician at the court of frederick william iii of prussia. Empress josephine sponsored its premiere, parisians heard it hundreds of. It was first performed in paris on 15 december 1807.

Returning to rome after a victorious campaign, licinius finds his beloved julia has become a priestess of vesta. It furthers the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. It livretti been revived in comparatively recent times, after some 80 years neglect, for singers such as ponselle, callas, gencer and caballethe first two libetti notable discs of julias main ariasbut all sang the work in italian rather than the original french. Spontini, gaspare gaspare spontini 14 november 1774 24 january 1851. The musical style shows the influence of gluck and looks forwards. The booklets for both sets include trilingual libretto, synopsis, and fairly extensive of spontinis twentyfour stage works the number increases to thirty if one. Several existing recordings featuring old and reliable masters e.

Became composer to empress josephine 1805, and won favour with. The italian version by giovanni schmidt was performed in naples on 1811. The booklets for both sets include trilingual libretto, synopsis, and fairly extensive of spontinis twentyfour stage works the. Title tragedie lyrique en trois actes composer spontini, gaspare.

Callas recorded three selections from the opera for emi and often sang the grand secondact aria in concertsat least four performances of tu che invoco were taped off the. I can see the connection because they are both about ancient world priestesses struggling with their chastity vows due to the presence of a womanizing roman centurion and they both start out with a tenors aria but spontini is more simple and. Oxford university press is a department of the university of oxford. It furthers the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by. The performance was broadcast, but i have yet to hear this performance in a decent sounding edition, regardless of the company that has circulated it. It takes the form of a tragedie lyrique in three acts. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more. Title melodramma tragico opera seria in due atti composer pacini, giovanni. Nov 14, 2009 rosa ponselle january 22, 1897 may 25, 1981.

Spontini, gaspare article about spontini, gaspare by the. Having garnered only modest attention in his native italy, spontini established himself in paris and quickly gained the admiration of a number of influential figures, including the composer hector berlioz, napoleon, and the empress josephine. Spontinis noblyconceived opera, composed for paris in the napoleonic era, brought callas first collaboration on a new production with the great director luchino visconti, who described her as the greatest tragedienne since duse eleonora duse, 18581924, the. Tgegdmvzdgfszsaou3bvbnrpbmksiedhc3bhcmup genre opera identifier. Spontini, gaspare luigi pacifico b majolati, ancona, 1774. Perfectly balanced developed and coordinated lower register and falsettoheadvoice which gives ultimate chiaroscuro to the sound. Toi che jemplore tu che invoco, o des infortunes deesse tutelaire o nume tutelar act iii first perf ormance.