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Book/Printed Material Alessandro nell'Indie. Libretto. German & Italian

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Title

  • Alessandro nell'Indie. Libretto. German & Italian

Names

  • Jommelli, Nicolò, -- 1714-1774 (composer)
  • Bozzi, Francesco. (vocalist)
  • Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, 1728-1793. (dedicatee)
  • Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782. (librettist)
  • Columba, Innocente. (artist)
  • Sauveterre, François. (choreographer)
  • Cortoni, Arcangelo. (vocalist)
  • Mazzanti, Ferdinando. (vocalist)
  • Masi Giura, Maria. (vocalist)
  • Buonani, Monaca. (vocalist)
  • Guerrieri, Francesco. (vocalist)

Created / Published

  • Gedrukt bey Christoph Friderich Cotta, Herzogl. Würtemb. Hof-Buchdrucker, Stutgart, 1760, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Operas -- Librettos
  • -  Ballets
  • -  Alessandro
  • -  Poro
  • -  Cleofide
  • -  Erissena
  • -  Gandarte
  • -  Timagene

Notes

  • -  die Poesie ist von Herrn Metastasio, Kayserl. Poeten ; die Musik hat Herr Nic. Jommelli, Herzoglich-Würtembergis. würklicher Musik-Direktor und Ober-Capellmeister von Neuem gefertiget ; die Veränderungen des Schaugerüsts sind von dem Herrn Innocentius Columba, Herzoglichen Theatral-Architect erfunden ; die Tänze hingegen von Herrn Franz Sauveterre, Sr. Herzoglichen Durchlaucht Ballet-Meister neu verfasst und eingerichtet worden. (statement of responsibility)
  • -  U.S. RISM Libretto Project.
  • -  Three acts; p. 128 misnumbered 228; p. 130 misnumbered 230; 1 leaf, containing p. 196-197 missing; Libretto in Italian and German on facing pages; added title page in Italian; half title--p. 1; "Argomento"/"Innhalt"--p. 4-5; scene descriptions--p. 6-7; groups of supernumeraries listed--p. 10-11.
  • -  "Balli: nel fine dell'atto primo, Di Mogolli; nel fine dell'atto secondo, di Orfeo ...; nel fine dell'atto terzo, di ninfe, satiri, ed altre Divinità ... "--p. 12.
  • -  Date of performance surmised from imprint.
  • -  Vorstellende: ALEXANDER. Herr Archangelus Cortoni -- PORUS. Herr Ferdinand Mazzanti -- CLEOFIDE. Frau Maria Masi Giura -- ERISSENA. Jungfrau Monaca Buonani -- CANDARTES. Herr Franciscus Guerrieri -- TIMAGENES. Herr Franciscus Bozzi--p. 9.
  • -  Performance: Stuttgart, Hoftheater, 1760? (venue)

Form

  • print

Extent

  • [2], 195, 198-201, [3] p. ; 19 cm.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010664863

LC Classification

  • ML48 [S4841]

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Jommelli, Nicolò, Francesco Bozzi, Duke Of Württemberg Karl Eugen, Pietro Metastasio, Innocente Columba, François Sauveterre, Arcangelo Cortoni, et al. Alessandro nell'Indie. Libretto. German & Italian. Gedrukt bey Christoph Friderich Cotta, Herzogl. Würtemb. Hof-Buchdrucker, Stutgart, monographic, 1760. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010664863/.

APA citation style:

Jommelli, N., Bozzi, F., Karl Eugen, D. O. W., Metastasio, P., Columba, I., Sauveterre, F. [...] Guerrieri, F. (1760) Alessandro nell'Indie. Libretto. German & Italian. Gedrukt bey Christoph Friderich Cotta, Herzogl. Würtemb. Hof-Buchdrucker, Stutgart, monographic. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010664863/.

MLA citation style:

Jommelli, Nicolò, et al. Alessandro nell'Indie. Libretto. German & Italian. Gedrukt bey Christoph Friderich Cotta, Herzogl. Würtemb. Hof-Buchdrucker, Stutgart, monographic, 1760. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010664863/>.