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Book/Printed Material Castore e Polluce. Libretto. Italian

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Title

  • Castore e Polluce. Libretto. Italian

Names

  • Vogler, Georg Joseph, -- 1749-1814 (librettist)
  • Quaglio, Giuseppe. (artist)
  • Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, (dedicatee)
  • Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia, Princess of Bavaria, 1788-1851, (dedicatee)
  • Beauharnais, Eugène de, Viceroy of Italy, 1781-1824, (dedicatee)
  • Tochtermann, signor. (vocalist)
  • Peyerl, signora. (vocalist)
  • Lang, Elisa. (vocalist)
  • Hitzlberger, signora. (vocalist)
  • Reiner, signor. (vocalist)
  • Lang, Jochen R., signora. (vocalist)
  • Metzger, Marthe, signora. (vocalist)
  • Crux, signore. (choreographer)

Created / Published

  • Dalla Tipografia di F. Hübschmann, Monaco, 1806, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Operas -- Librettos
  • -  Polluce
  • -  Castore
  • -  Febe
  • -  Telaira
  • -  Giove
  • -  Mercurio
  • -  Ebe

Notes

  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Added title page in French--p. [3]; dedication to Napoleon, in French, signed by composer--p. [5]; composer's preface, in Italian--p. 3-4; scene descriptions--p. 7-8.
  • -  Libretto by composer--New Grove.
  • -  "Castor et Pollux : tragédie lirique en trois actes : dediée a Sa Majesté l'empereur des français et roi d'Italie ..."--p. 3.
  • -  "La musica é dell'abbate Vogler, professore d'acustica etc."--p. 6.
  • -  "I balli sono inventati e diretti dal signore Crux, primo maestro di ballo di S.M.R. di Baviera"--p. 6.
  • -  "Le decorazioni sono d'invenzione del Sign. Giuseppe Quaglio, architetto del teatro reale"--p. 8.
  • -  Attori: POLLUCE. Signor Tochtermann -- CASTORE. Signora Peyerl -- FEBE. Signora Elisa Lang -- TELAIRA. Signora Hitzlberger -- GIOVE. Signor Reiner -- MERCURIO. Signora Lang -- EBE. Signora Metzger--p. 5.
  • -  Performance: München, Königlich-Baierisches Hof- und National-Theater, 1806. (venue)

Form

  • print

Extent

  • [6], 32, [2] p. ; 18 cm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010661097

LC Classification

  • ML48 [S10793]

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Vogler, Georg Joseph, Giuseppe Quaglio, Emperor Of The French Napoleon I, Princess Of Bavaria Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia, Eugène De Beauharnais, Signor Tochtermann, Signora Peyerl, et al. Castore e Polluce. Libretto. Italian. Dalla Tipografia di F. Hübschmann, Monaco, monographic, 1806. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010661097/.

APA citation style:

Vogler, G. J., Quaglio, G., Napoleon I, E. O. T. F., Augusta Amalia Ludovika Georgia, P. O. B., Beauharnais, E. D., Tochtermann, S. [...] Crux, S. (1806) Castore e Polluce. Libretto. Italian. Dalla Tipografia di F. Hübschmann, Monaco, monographic. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010661097/.

MLA citation style:

Vogler, Georg Joseph, et al. Castore e Polluce. Libretto. Italian. Dalla Tipografia di F. Hübschmann, Monaco, monographic, 1806. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010661097/>.