Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Der Schauspieldirektor
Solo voices, orchestra
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Details
- For
- Solo voices, orchestra
- Product Type
- Score (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Editor
- Ulrich Leisinger
- Product number
- 442887
Description
Der Schauspieldirektor [“The Impresario”] was composed in the spring of 1786 to fulfill a commission from Joseph II for performance during a visit to Vienna by the Governor-General of the Netherlands. The visitors were meant to be entertained with a short German and an Italian musical comedy during a festival arranged on short notice in Schönbrunn Palace.
The choice of composers fell to Mozart and Salieri. Both pieces spoofed the theatrical practices of the day. Der Schauspieldirektor, by Go...