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MOZART’S WOMEN
Jane Glover is one of our pre-eminent conductors and a Mozart expert. She read music at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, and subsequently completed her D.Phil on seventeenth-century Venetian opera. Her biography of Cavalli was published in 1978. Her professional debut was at the Wexford Festival in 1975; she joined Glyndebourne in 1979 and was Music Director of the Glyndebourne Touring Opera from 1981 to 1985. From 1984 to 1991 she was Artistic Director of the London Mozart Players, with whom she made many recordings, especially of Mozart; and she is now Music Director of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque. She has conducted all the major symphony and chamber orchestras in Britain, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the English National Opera and Glyndebourne, and appears regularly at the BBC Proms. She works extensively in the USA, Europe and Australia. She is also a regular broadcaster, with highlights including a television series on Mozart and the radio series Opera House. She was awarded the CBE in 2003.
‘In Glover’s book, Mozart is present as never before . . . [it] immeasurably enhances our sense of who Mozart was, opening window after window into a whole series of remarkable lives. No one who cares about him or his music should be without it’ Simon Callow, Guardian
‘It is impossible to read Mozart’s Women without being deeply touched by what it reveals of the people closest to the composer . . . part biography, part masterclass’ Paul Bailey, Independent
‘A heartfelt and original portrait . . . [Glover is] one of the world’s greatest interpreters of Mozart, with a natural writing style’
Anthony Holden, Observer
‘Refreshingly devoid of titillation, seedy scandal, or plain old-fashioned bonking. It is the most welcome and compellingly serious musical publication in a long time, and sets an astonishingly skewed record straight . . . Glover has given us the most convincing Mozart so far’ The Scotsman
‘Nowadays it seems that Mozart’s genius had always existed, fully formed, from the first. But genius does not flourish in isolation. It is Jane Glover’s great gift to show how the women surrounding Mozart – his sister Nannerl, his wife Constanze, and her three talented sisters – all influenced him, making their own contributions to the creation of the most fascinating, dazzling, and complex women on the opera stage’
Judith Flanders, author of Circle of Sisters and The Victorian House
‘Jane Glover has produced a winner, showing us Mozart from a fresh and fascinating viewpoint: the women in his life. Constanze, for instance, emerges a different creature from the way she is usually portrayed, tempting the reader to revise judgement on her. Written in a delightful, accessible style, this is a book that anyone with an interest in Mozart should have. For the singer it is an indispensable treasure trove of information – altogether, hugely enjoyable’
Dame Janet Baker
‘Beautifully written and scholarly without seeming so’
Dame Felicity Lott
‘Jane Glover’s elegant and fascinating book illuminates an aspect of Mozart, and of his work, that has often been touched on but never with such detail and insight. Her vivid portraits enable us to appreciate how deeply the remarkable women in his life served as both emotional and artistic muses, and how their spirit informs his masterworks. Glover has lived Mozart’s music intimately, and her knowledge of it and love for it make her a privileged guide to its endless riches, and to how originally and brilliantly Mozart uses it to create some of the most memorable female characters in all of opera’
Renée Fleming
First published 2005 by Macmillan
First published in paperback 2006 by Pan Books
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