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Ifigenia in Tauride / Gian Francesco de Majo ; edited by Paul Corneilson.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Majo, Gian Francesco de, 1732-1770, composer.
- Series:
- Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 46.
- Recent researches in Music Online 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 46
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--18th century--Scores.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (lxx, 379 pages, 7 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2020.
- Language Note:
- Italian words; also printed as text, with English translation, on pages xix-lxx.
- Summary:
- "A composer of the Neapolitan School, Majo (1732-1770) enjoyed a short but distinguished career as an opera composer, with successful visits to Parma, Rome, Venice, and Vienna, where he was invited to compose the opera Alcide negli orti Esperidi to celebrate the coronation of Joseph II as Holy Roman Emperor in 1764. That same year Elector Palatine Carl Theodor commissioned Majo to compose Ifigenia in Tauride for the court theater in Mannheim. With a libretto by the court poet Mattia Verazi, the opera features a progressive musico-dramatic structure, incorporating French elements (especially pantomime and choruses), and reflects the strengths of one of the best orchestras of the day as well as an excellent company of singers. Majo's Ifigenia in Tauride is the culmination of an intense period of operatic reform and experimentation at Mannheim in the early 1760s." -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Opera in 3 acts; libretto by Mattia Verazi.
- Editorial and historical notes on pages ix-xviii; critical notes on pages 371-379.
- Includes bibliographic references.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed April 1, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 1149477640
- Publisher Number:
- C046 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)
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