Mitridate, re di Ponto Opera seria ("Dramma per musica") in 3 acts
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Mitridate, re di Ponto Opera seria ("Dramma per musica") in 3 acts
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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, 1770
f: Duetto
Partitur
Autograph, 1770
Abschrift, 1790-1800
MITRIDATE/ A.TE 1. [A.TE 2. bzw. A.TE 3.]
Partitur: 320 Bl.
Abschrift, 1839
Mitridate./ Opera Seria in 3. Atti Composta a Milano 1770/ del Sigre Am:deo W. Mozart/ Atto 1mo./ Anmerkung: Diese Oper, wurde von der Gesellschaft angeschafft, und zu diesem/ Behufe von Paris verschrieben, und besorgt./ durch Aloys Fuchs mp/ Mitglied der Gesellschaft/ Wien am 6. Feber 1839.
Partitur: 122 S.
Abschrift, 1800-1900
Mitridate – Re di Ponto/ Opera seria in 3 Atti/ comp: a Milano 1770/ di/ W. A. Mozart/ Partitur. Atto Imo [bzw. Atto IIdo und Atto IIIo]
Partitur: 245 Bl.
Abschrift, 1800-1900
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Partitur: 10 Bl.
Abschrift, 1800-1900
Mozart/ Mitridate
Partitur: 111 Bl.
Abschrift
Mitridate/ Opera Seria in 3 Atti/ Composta Milano 1770/ del Sigre A: W. Mozart./ Atto 1mo/ Partitura
Partitur: 133 Bl.
Abschrift
[Basso–Stimme:] Basso/ Ouverteur Del Sig: Cavaliere Amadeo Mozart.
Stimmen
Abschrift
Overteur/ Mitridate Re di Ponto/ Musica/ Del Sig.r Cavaliere Wolfgango Mozart
Partitur: 246 Bl.