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Caterina Magdalena Giuseppa Cavalieri (11 March 1755 – 30 June 1801) was an Austrian soprano.
Born as Katharina Magdalena Josepha CavalierOther spellings of her first name are Catarina and Katerina. in
Born as Katharina Magdalena Josepha CavalierOther spellings of her first name are Catarina and Katerina. in Lichtental
Lichtental is a part of the Districts of Vienna, district of Alsergrund, Vienna. It was an independent municipality until 1850.
Notable people
* Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1657–1712) lived here.
* Caterina Cavalieri (1755–18 ...
, Vienna, Cavalieri studied voice with composer Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monarchy ...
. Her stage debut was in 1775 in Pasquale Anfossi
Pasquale Anfossi (5 April 1727 – February 1797) was an Italian opera composer. Born in Taggia, Liguria, he studied with Niccolò Piccinni and Antonio Sacchini, and worked mainly in London, Venice and Rome.
He wrote more than 80 operas, both ...
's opera ''La finta giardiniera
' ("The Pretend Garden-Girl"), K. 196, is an Italian-language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance on 13 January at the in Munich. There is deb ...
''. This was followed by Ignaz Umlauf's Singspiel
A Singspiel (; plural: ; ) is a form of German-language music drama, now regarded as a genre of opera. It is characterized by spoken dialogue, which is alternated with ensembles, songs, ballads, and arias which were often strophic, or folk-like ...
''Die Bergknappen'' in 1778 and the role of Fräule Nannette in Salieri's '' Der Rauchfangkehrer'' on 30 April 1781, a role specifically written for her to display her virtuosity. Similarly, Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
wrote the role of Konstanze in his Singspiel ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail
' () ( K. 384; ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''; also known as ') is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's ''Belmont und Constanze, oder Die ...
'' for her, which she premiered on 16 July 1782. On 1 June 1785 she sang the role of Enrichetta in the première of Stephen Storace
Stephen John Seymour Storace (4 April 1762 – 19 March 1796) was an English composer of the Classical era, known primarily for his operas. His sister was the famous opera singer Nancy Storace.
He was born in London in the Parish of St Maryleb ...
's '' Gli sposi malcontenti''. On 7 May 1788, Cavalieri sang the role of Donna Elvira in the Vienna première of Mozart's ''Don Giovanni
''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...
''. Other works by Mozart written for her are '' Davide penitente'' (1785) and the role of Mademoiselle Silberklang in ''Der Schauspieldirektor
' (''The Impresario''), K. 486, is a comic ''singspiel'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, set to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, an Austrian ''Schauspieldirektor''. Originally, it was written because of "the imperial command" of the Holy Roma ...
'' (1786).
After 1790, Cavalieri gradually withdrew from the stage and retired on 1 March 1793. She died unmarried in Vienna in 1801, aged 46.
Cavalieri is a nonspeaking role in Peter Shaffer
Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (; 15 May 1926 – 6 June 2016) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He wrote numerous award-winning plays, of which several were adapted into films.
Early life
Shaffer was born to a Jewish family in L ...
's play ''Amadeus
Amadeus may refer to:
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), prolific and influential composer of classical music
*Amadeus (name), a given name and people with the name
* ''Amadeus'' (play), 1979 stage play by Peter Shaffer
* ''Amadeus'' (film), ...
''. The speaking role of Cavalieri in the 1984 Oscar
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-winning film based on that play is played by Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole (born February 21, 1953) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage. She starred in the Broadway musicals '' 42nd Street'' and ''Grey Gardens'', winning two Tony Awards. She has co-s ...
and sung by Suzanne Murphy
Suzanne Murphy is an Irish soprano. Born in Limerick, she sang with the Welsh National Opera and provided vocals for the soundtrack to the film '' Amadeus''. She is a founder-director of Opera Collective Ireland. , she teaches at the Royal Welsh ...
. In the film, it is suggested that Cavalieri and Mozart had an affair during the rehearsals of ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail''.
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