La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus)
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La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus)
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Mozart had a particular interest in composing operas. In the 18th century, opera comprised several different traditions, of which only Italian *opera seria* and *opera buffa* had widespread international reach. Mozart was commissioned twice to compose an *opera seria* for Milan, which at the time was still a Habsburg territory on the Italian Peninsula (Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87 and Lucio Silla, K. 135); Idomeneo, re di Creta, K. 366 and La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 are later examples of this genre, which was ultimately abandoned around 1800. Three other works (K. 111, K. 126, and K. 208) were festive pieces, so-called serenatas, composed for a single performance on a special occasion.
After 1780, German opera gradually established itself in the German-speaking world. In 1781/82, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 was created as part of a short-lived initiative by Emperor Joseph II to promote the German *Singspiel* (with spoken dialogue instead of *secco* recitatives) through what was known as the National Singspiel. Three *opere buffe* based on librettos by the Viennese court poet Lorenzo da Ponte – Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Don Giovanni, K. 527, and Così fan tutte, K. 588 – earned Mozart international acclaim. The Magic Flute, K. 620 was written for a successful suburban theater in Vienna, where Emanuel Schikaneder included more serious pieces alongside the usual comic repertoire.
Autograph, 1791
Partitur: 137 Bl.
Autograph, 1791
Partitur: 29 Bl.
Abschrift, 1791
Partitur
Abschrift, 1791-1795
Titus der gütige/ ein/ Ernsthaftes Singspiel/ in 2 Aufzüge./ die Musik ist von Hr. Wolfgang Mozart./ zu haben in Prag bey Anton Grams/ im Goltzschen Haus No 716
Partitur: 285 S.
Erstdruck, 1795
La/ Clemenza di Tito/ Opera seria di W. A. Mozart/ in due atti/ aggiustata per il Cembalo./ Titus der Großmüthige,/ eine ernsthafte Oper in zwey Akten,/ von/ W. A. Mozart./ Im Klavierauszuge/ von/ Siegfried Schmiedt./ Leipzig,/ in der Breitkopfischen Musikhandlung.
Klavierauszug
Abschrift, 1800
[Deckeltitel:] Terzetto/ aus der Oper/ La Clemenza di Titto/ von Mozart. [Innentitel:] Ouvertura./ aus der Oper/ La Clemenza di Tito.
Stimmen
Abschrift, 1800
La Clemenza di Tito/ opera Seria/ Ouvertura/ Atto 1mo/ Di Sigre Wolfg.o Amad.o Mozart
Partitur: 598 S.
Abschrift, 1800
[Kopftitel?: ] [Partitur:] No. 20 Scena 15. [Stimme Vitellia:] Scena || Non più fiori. ||
Partitur: 52 S.; Stimmen
Abschrift, 1800
No. 22&23 Scene & Arie/ Wie wird mich Hymen lächend entzücken/ aus/ Titus/ mit Begleitung des Orchesters/ von/ W. A. Mozart/ Partitur/ Dr. Ziegler–Sulzer/ 1847
Partitur: 28 S.; Stimmen
Abschrift, 1800
||: der König Titus 2.ter Aufzug :||.
Partitur: 306 S.