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Atalia (Mayr)
''Atalia'' is an Italian-language oratorio by Simon Mayr Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the ... to a libretto by Felice Romani, premiered in Naples, 1822.Helen M. Greenwald ''The Oxford Handbook of Opera'' 2014 p.733 0199714843 "To Mayr, Rossini's Mosè, Donizetti's Il diluvio universale, and his own Atalia all evidently count as “oratorios” because they are religiously sincere (Mayr 1843: 74r). When using the term “oratorio” in these cases, both Mayr and Rossini clearly ." Recordings * ''Atalía'' - Atalia: Rebecca Martin, Abner: Jacek Janiszewski, Gioas: Maria Jette, Giocada: Thomas Cooley, Matan: James Taylor; Simon Mayr Chor Ingolstadt, Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik, Franz Hauk (live 20 September 2003) Guild References {{Authority control Oratorios by S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Mayr
Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. He was an early inspiration to Rossini and taught and advocated for Donizetti. Life He was born in Mendorf near Altmannstein, Landkreis Eichstätt, Bavaria, and studied theology at the University of Ingolstadt, continuing his studies in Italy from 1787. He was closely associated with the Illuminati of Adam Weishaupt while a student in Ingolstadt, and the ideals of the French Enlightenment were a strong influence on his philosophy as a musician as corroborated by his famed ''Zibaldone'' or "Notebooks" compiled toward the end of his career. Shortly thereafter, he took music lessons with Carlo Lenzi, and later with Ferdinando Bertoni. He moved to Bergamo in 1802 and was appointed ''maestro di cappella'' at the Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Romani
Giuseppe Felice Romani (31 January 178828 January 1865) was an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology who wrote many librettos for the opera composers Donizetti and Bellini. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist between Metastasio and Boito.Branca, Emilia (1882). ''Felice Romani ed i più riputati maestri di musica del suo tempo''Roccatagliati, Alessandro (1996). ''Felice Romani librettista'', Quaderni di Musica, Lucca, Italy – Biography Born Giuseppe Felice Romani to a bourgeois family in Genoa, he studied law and literature in Pisa and Genoa.Roccatagliati, Allesandro (2001). "Romani, (Giuseppe) Felice" in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 2nd edition. London: Macmillan. (hardcover). (eBook). At the University of Genoa he translated French literature and, with a colleague, prepared a six-volume dictionary of mythology and antiquities, including the history of the Celts in Italy. Romani's expertise in French and antiquity is ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oratorios By Simon Mayr
An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...s, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable Fictional character, characters, and arias. However, opera is musical theatre, while oratorio is strictly a concert piece – though oratorios are sometimes staged as operas, and operas are sometimes presented in Concert version, concert form. In an oratorio, the choir often plays a central role, and there is generally little or no interaction between the characters, and no props or elaborate costumes. A particularly important difference is in the typical subject matter of the text. Opera tends to deal with history and mythology, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libretti By Felice Romani
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as the Mass (liturgy), Mass, requiem and sacred cantata, or the story line of a ballet. ''Libretto'' (; plural ''libretti'' ), from Italian, is the diminutive of the word ''wiktionary:libro#Italian, libro'' ("book"). Sometimes other-language equivalents are used for libretti in that language, ''livret'' for French works, ''Textbuch'' for German and ''libreto'' for Spanish. A libretto is distinct from a synopsis or scenario of the plot, in that the libretto contains all the words and stage directions, while a synopsis summarizes the plot. Some ballet historians also use the word ''libretto'' to refer to the 15 to 40 page books which were on sale to 19th century ballet audiences in Paris and contained a ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
