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Divas and Scholars

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by Philip Gossett


  Baucardé, Carlo, 125–26, 546n49

  Bayreuth Festival, 433, 473, 481

  Bazzini, Antonio, 576n6

  Beckett, Edward, 476

  Beckett, Samuel, Footfalls, 476

  Beecham, Thomas, 107, 109

  Beethoven, Ludwig van

  “authentic” performance of works by, 172

  Italian opera viewed by, 75

  Bellini, Vincenzo. See also Index of Principal Operas Discussed

  appoggiaturas used by, 301–2

  autograph manuscripts of, 52, 64, 100, 118, 269, 272–73, 354, 356, 561n94, 569n78, 569–70n79

  cabalettas of, 313, 315

  cadential formulas of, 273

  collaborations with Romani, 37

  compositional methods of, 34, 42, 370–71

  critical editions of operas, 363

  Malibran and, 354–55

  orchestration insecurities of, 117–18

  orchestration techniques of, 64, 67, 428

  ornamentation of operas, 265, 272, 320, 321

  paper structure preferred by, 56, 58

  pirated editions viewed by, 82–83

  recitatives of, 44–45

  skeleton scores of, 60

  sketches of, 50

  stagings of, 453, 481, 484

  theatrical system viewed by, 209

  transpositions in operas, 334, 344–48, 353–62

  Bellinzaghi, Giovannina, 298

  Bellotto, Francesco, 597n58

  Benini, Maurizio, 19

  Bennett, Robert Russell, 64

  Bentivoglio, Loretta, 124

  Beolco, Angelo (Il Ruzzante), 517–18

  Beresford, Bruce, 447, 479

  Berganza, Teresa, 116, 545n31

  Berghaus, Ruth, 481

  Berlioz, Hector

  arrangement of Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice, 229

  Le Comte Ory viewed by, 269

  description of rehearsals, 539n71

  La Favorite viewed by, 584n59

  La Fille du Régiment viewed by, 397

  instrumentation treatise of, 408, 425, 587n15, 588n25, 590n51

  memoirs of, 293

  Symphonie fantastique, 429

  Berti, Giuseppe, 464

  Bertini, Filippo, 214

  Bertini, Maria Chiara, 565n37

  Bertoja, Giuseppe, 466

  Bevan, Clifford, 590n51, 591n58

  Bevilacqua Aldobrandini, Gherardo, 548n19

  Bevilacqua family, 548n19

  Bibliothèque de l’Association de la Régie Théâtrale, 456

  Bibliothèque de l’Opéra (Paris), xiii, 300, 382–83, 462, 463

  Bibliothèque du Conservatoire (Paris), xiii, 78

  Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris), xiii, 143, 153–55, 544n22, 576n2

  Bidera, Emanuele, 84–85

  Bieto, Calixto, 446, 450–51, 502, 504–5, 507

  bifolios, 56–58, 86–87, 154–55, 602n29

  Biggi, Maria Ida, 462, 463

  Bigonzetti, Mauro, 20

  Bilson, Malcolm, 172

  Bini, Annalisa, 434, 437, 549n47, 558n47, 578n36

  Biondi, Fabio, 83–84, 172–73, 408–9, 411–13

  Biondi, Fabrizio, 83–84

  Bishop, Henry, 354, 355, 356

  Bizet, Georges, Carmen, 204, 365

  Björling, Jussi, 491–92

  Black, John, 457

  Blake, Rockwell, xiv, 6, 182, 197, 260, 305

  Blitzstein, Marc, 233

  Blyth, Alan, 581n2

  BMG Ricordi. See Casa Ricordi

  Boccabadati, Luigia, 271

  Boito, Arrigo

  librettos for Verdi, 48

  Mefistofele, 393, 459, 460

  Otello libretto, 138, 593n7

  pitch standards and, 333

  Simon Boccanegra libretto, 288

  Bologna Conservatory library, 114, 115

  Bonini, Emilia, 299

  Bonisolli, Franco, 12–13

  Bonynge, Richard, 180, 199, 268, 549n35, 562n107

  Boosey (publishing firm), 355

  Bordogni, Giulio, 226

  Borsato, Giuseppe, 463, 464

  Boston Lyric Opera, 236

  Botticelli, Bartolomeo, 558n47

  boulevard theaters, Parisian, 448, 454, 472

  Bourbon restoration in France, 515–16

  Boyé, Pascal, 583n23

  Brambilla, Marietta, 208

  Branca, Emilia, 290

  Brando, Marlon, 304

  Brauner, Charles, 556n28, 566n39

  Brauner, Patricia, 8–11, 54, 181, 184, 502, 556n28

  Brecht, Bertolt, 481

  The Threepenny Opera, 233

  Breitkopf & Härtel, 99

  Brendel, Alfred, 173

  Brenna, Guglielmo, 40–41, 251

  Brewer, Bruce, 580n55

  British Library (London), 143

  Britten, Benjamin, Billy Budd, 443

  Broadway musicals, 64

  Brockhaus, Henning, 447

  Brook, Peter, 204, 237, 531

  Broude Brothers (publisher), 115

  Broussard, Fausto, 542n55, 585n60, 585n62

  Brown, Clive, Classical and Romantic Performing Practice 1750–1900, xvi–xvii

  Bruckner, Anton, 173

  Brüggen, Frans, 410–11

  Bruson, Renato, 12, 13

  Brussels Conservatory library, 143

  Bucarelli, Mauro, 54, 181

  Buckley, Emerson, 16

  Buckley, Richard, 15, 16–17

  Budden, Julian, 128–29, 144, 283, 285, 338, 340, 550n57

  Burgess, Geoffrey, 587–88n23

  Burgtheater (Vienna), 239

  Burke, Richard, 593n98

  Burnacini, Ludovico, 594n21

  Busch, Fritz, 442

  Busch, Hans, 596n44

  Butt, John, 553–54n31

  Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 36, 545n37

  Bywater, Isabella, 10–11

  cabalettas, 19, 529–30

  cuts to, 264, 265, 267–68, 272–77, 278–79

  form of, 265, 270–71, 306, 313, 315, 318–19

  ornamentation of, 245, 265–69, 272, 321

  role of, 245, 277–78, 311

  Caballé, Montserrat, 7–8, 228, 327, 515

  cadenzas, 198–99

  in Bellini operas, 321

  in Donizetti operas, 297–98, 308, 320–21, 351–53

  improvisation of, 330–31

  of Liebling, 328–29

  in Rossini operas, 295–97, 302–3, 305–10, 315–16, 328–29

  in Verdi operas, 264, 283, 307–8, 323

  Cafaro, Pasquale, 439

  Cagli, Bruno, 150, 408, 446

  Caimi, Ettore, 402, 585n72

  Calì, Santuzza, 23

  Callas, Maria, 206, 254–55, 271, 452, 570n81, 581n61

  Calvino, Italo

  The Baron in the Trees, 135

  If on a winter’s night a traveler..., 135

  Cambi, Luisa, 581n62

  Cametti, Alberto, 558n47

  Cammarano, Salvadore, 37, 47–48, 457–58, 465, 566n46

  cantabile, 19, 306, 311–13, 529–30, 574n36

  Capobianco, Tito, 206

  Cappuccilli, Piero, 229, 367

  Caradori Allan, Rosalbina, 227

  Carafa, Michele

  “A rispettarmi apprenda,” 261

  Gabriella di Vergy, 37

  Carli (publisher), 576n1

  Carnegie Hall (New York), 509

  carnival, 35, 215

  Carrara-Verdi family, 601n18

  Carsen, Robert, 566n48

  Cartoni, Pietro, 78

  Casa Ricordi

  archives, 158, 160, 178, 498–99

  Bellini works published by, 212, 274, 355, 356–57

  Bellini’s dealings with, 83

  cooperation with music scholars, 113, 162

  costume designs published by, 466

  critical editions published by, 14

  development of, 99–101, 103–5

  disposizioni sceniche published by, 451–52, 460–61


  Donizetti works published by, 348–50, 353, 561n92, 585n60

  Donizetti’s dealings with, 82, 84–85, 102–3, 343

  orchestral scores engraved by, 104–5, 208

  Rossini works published by, 74, 96–97, 114–16, 179, 220, 377–78

  Rossini’s dealings with, 85–86, 377–78

  Verdi works published by, 13, 67, 107–13, 122, 128, 129–31, 132, 141, 159, 208, 255, 342

  Verdi’s dealings with, 70–71, 72, 101–2, 137–38, 209, 402–3, 406, 432, 451, 458–59, 543n78, 570n80, 598n74

  vocal scores published by, 101–2, 207–8

  Casaccia, Carlo, 369–70

  Casti, Giambattista, 367

  castrati, 226, 297, 485

  Castri, Massimo, 19–22

  Caswell, Austin, 573n23

  Cattelan, Paolo, 382, 392

  cavatina, 574n36

  Cavicchi, Adriano, 440

  Cencetti, Giovanni Battista, 79–80, 99, 177, 596n41

  Cencetti, Giuseppe, 459

  censorship

  of Bellini, 235

  of Donizetti, 158, 394–96, 542n55

  of Rossini, 90–94, 224–25, 383–86, 391–92

  of Verdi, 136–37, 158–60, 162–63, 224, 283, 402–5, 450, 477–78, 492, 493–94, 499–501, 513, 587n20

  Centroni, Baldassare, 588n23

  Cesti, Antonio, Il pomo d’oro, 594n21

  Chailly, Riccardo, xiv, 220, 318, 544n7

  Chamber Orchestra of Europe, 331, 429

  Charles X, King of France, xii, 152–53, 515–16, 521, 527–31

  Chéreau, Patrick, 481

  Chiaro, Carlo de, 75–76, 77

  Chicago Lyric Opera

  Donizetti productions, 579n44

  Handel productions, 566n48

  Rossini productions, 306

  Verdi productions, 144, 229, 230, 254–55, 324, 443, 445–46, 480

  Chicago Opera Theater, 479

  Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 429

  Chicago Tribune, 443

  Christie’s auction house, 145

  church calendar, 35

  Chusid, Martin, 136

  Cicéri, Pierre-Luc-Charles, 454, 455, 462

  Cimarosa, Domenico

  Gli Orazi ed i Curiazi, 229

  paper used by, 54

  cimbasso, 96, 428–29, 537n51

  Cinti-Damoreau, Laure, xiv, 265, 298–99, 301, 309, 322–23, 329, 568n71

  Cioffi, Patrizia, 447

  Claborne, Conrad, 148

  Clément, Catherine, 592n76

  Clurman, Judith, 551n71

  Coccia, Carlo, 36

  Cohen, H. Robert, 455–56, 594n22, 595n28

  “col basso” indication, 67–68

  “col canto” indication, 312

  Colas, Damien, 546n38

  Colbran, Isabella, 38, 75, 143

  Collegiate Chorale (New York), 509

  Collins, Michael, 305–6, 555–56n17, 556n24, 564n21, 572n16

  “Come Sopra” indication, 64, 67, 313

  commissioning and payment process, 73–74

  Commons, Jeremy, 434, 437, 578n36

  conductors. See also specific names

  critical editions and, 292

  cuts and, 231

  early, 72–73

  period instruments and, 407–9

  tempo flexibility and, 291–92

  version choice and, 231

  Conklin, John, 175

  Conlon, James, 175, 188, 199

  “continuity drafts,” 50–52, 60, 496–98, 502–8

  contract stipulations, composers’, xv, 35, 36, 71–72, 73, 74–77, 118, 586n12

  contracts, union, 230

  Copley, John, 175, 193, 593n1

  copyists, 74, 76–77, 79–90, 97–100, 177

  copyright legislation, history of, 97–99, 104

  Corbelli, Alessandro, 27

  Corelli, Franco, 271, 330

  Corghi, Azio, 86, 96–97, 565n38

  Corriere della Sera, 127, 128 Corriere Milanese, 541n39 Corsaire, Le (newspaper), 437

  Corsaro, Frank, 231, 484

  Cossiga, Francesco, 161

  costume changes, cuts and, 262

  costume designs, original, 465–66

  Coulisses, Les (newspaper), 437

  couplets, 397

  Covent Garden Opera House (London), 165, 323–24, 354–55, 453, 495, 515, 579n38, 592n81

  Cox, John, 515

  Craig, Gordon, 600n106

  critical editions. See also specific composers and works

  aims and tasks of, 106, 119, 134–35, 178, 207, 231, 292–94, 363, 413, 433, 450–52

  authorial concept and, 237

  battle for, 122–23

  computer typesetting of, 184–85, 187, 547n3

  editorial interventions in, 141–42, 238–39

  finding sources for, 142–65

  first performances of, xiii–xv, 7, 116–19, 186

  instrumentation questions for, 413–42

  of literary works, 116, 133–34, 138, 207

  prejudices against, 112–13, 122, 124–27, 133, 176–77, 185, 186–87, 242, 254

  publication of, 14–15

  staging documentation and, 450–52

  Crivelli, Giuseppe, 226–27

  Croft, Dwayne, 307

  Crosby, John, 8

  Crutchfield, Will, 352, 365–67, 533n6, 541n40, 541n42, 564n25, 576n1, 578n36

  Cuberli, Lella, 156, 176, 186, 199, 249

  cultural tourism, 3–4

  cuts, 241–89

  in Bellini operas, 205, 235–36, 269–70, 271–77, 289

  to choral movements, 193–94

  complete numbers, 194, 254–63

  in Donizetti operas, 269–71, 289

  formal ramifications of, 266–69

  internal, 195–96, 260, 263–83, 278–83

  operatic integrity and, 244–46, 256–57, 260–62, 263–64, 278–80, 289

  practicality of, 10, 216, 230, 241–44, 254, 260, 262, 289

  to recitatives, 29, 192, 246–54

  in Rossini operas, 27, 191–96, 265–69, 289

  significance of, 246, 253–54, 263

  tonal/harmonic ramifications of, 253–54, 274–77

  transmission of, 74

  “vanity,” 180, 195, 263, 289

  in Verdi operas, 277–88, 325

  Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 562n110

  Dadelsen, Georg von, 551n5

  Dahlhaus, Carl, 208

  “Dall’A al B” indication, 64, 315

  Dallapiccola, Luigi, 582n21

  d’Amico, Fedele, 118

  Dara, Enzo, 156

  Dardanelli, Girolama, 209–10

  David, Félicien, Le Désert, 464

  David, Giovanni, 36, 580n59

  Davis, Andrew, 8

  Davis, Anthony, Amistad, 443

  Davis, Peter G., 593n2

  De Ana, Hugo, 28

  De Bosio, Gianfranco, 467, 591n74

  de Filippo, Eduardo, 23

  de Filippo, Luca, 23–25

  De Giuli Borsi, Teresa, 93

  De Lullo, Giorgio, 254

  De Sanctis, Cesarino, 499–500

  De Simone, Roberto, 6–7

  decasillabi, 44, 286, 389, 536–37n30

  Degrada, Francesco, 128–29

  Delibes, Léo, Lakmé, 294, 328

  Della Seta, Fabrizio, 164, 338, 419, 561n94

  Dent, Edward, 495

  Dessay, Natalie, 490, 579n44, 593n1

  Deutsche Oper (Berlin), 481

  Diaghilev, Sergei, 552n12

  Dickie, Brian, 479

  disposizioni sceniche, 451–52, 453, 457–61, 467–68, 474–75, 521

  Dolci, Antonio, 398

  Dolukhanova, Zara, 86

  domestic music-making, 80

  Domingo, Placido, 156, 162, 242, 365

  Donizetti, Gaetano. See also Index of Principal Operas Discussed

  appoggiaturas used by, 301–2, 303–5

  autograph manuscripts of, 52, 64, 100, 145, 269, 351–52, 434�
��35, 568n63

  cabalettas of, 313, 315

  censors and, 158

  collaborations with Cammarano, 37

  compositional habits, 34, 245, 270

  cuts in operas of, 269–71

  death scenes in, 287

  as Genoa music director, 231

  Halévy’s La Juive viewed by, 462

  letters of, 271

  opera overtures of, 59

  orchestration techniques of, 63, 64, 67, 428

  ornamentation of operas, 265, 281, 297–98, 320–21

  paper structure preferred by, 56

  participation in librettos, 38

  pirated editions viewed by, 82

  recitatives of, 44–45, 249, 438

  romanze of, 280–81

  in Rossini operas, 302–3

  skeleton scores of, 60

  sketches of, 50

  stagings of, 453, 481, 484

  theatrical system viewed by, 209

  timpani writing of, 588n27

  transpositions in operas, 334, 342–43, 363

  variants of operas introduced by, 216

  as Vienna opera director, 226, 325

  doppi settenari, 393

  Dotto, Gabriele, 578–79n38, 579n45, 580n48, 592n82

  double basses, 414–15, 430, 440–41, 586n10, 587n15

  Dragonetti, Domenico, 414, 440–41

  Dreiser, Theodore, Sister Carrie, 207

  Drottningholm Court Theater (Stockholm), 471

  Drury Lane Theater (London), 354–55

  Dumas, Alexandre, La Dame aux Camélias, 371

  Duprez, Gilbert-Louis, 548n27

  Dupuy, Martine, 291

  Dürr, Alfred, 551n5

  Duveyrier, Charles, 60

  dynamic markings, 88–89, 110, 140–41, 183–84, 189, 293, 426–27, 429

  Early Music, 551n1

  Eco, Umberto, 135

  eighteenth-century music, performance

  practice of, 293, 307, 310

  Ekerlin, Fanny, 259

  Elder, Mark, 411

  en travesti roles, 60, 117, 120, 121, 148–49, 208

  encores, 235

  endecasillabi, 44, 87, 149, 247, 386–87, 392

  English National Opera, 447

  Escudier, Léon, 284, 287, 324, 465, 585n71, 585n72

  Esposito, Valeria, 514

  Euripides, 134

  Europa galante, 408–9, 412–13

  Evenhuis, J. R., 543n3

  Eyre, Richard, 453

  Fabbri, Paolo, 565n37

  Fabbricatore, Gennaro, 84, 102–3

  Fabbricini, Tiziana, 363

  Falkner’s Opera Music Warehouse, 576n2

  farse, 22

  Fehling, Jürgen, 481

  Felsenstein, Walter, 481

  Ferlito, Vincenzo, 360, 562n103

  Ferrarese, Adriana, 239–40

  Ferrario, Carlo, 467

  Ferretti, Jacopo, 29, 37, 374

  Ferretti, Luigi, 226

  Filippi, Filippo, 377

  Finch, Hilary, 411

  Finnish National Opera (Helsinki), 491, 518–31

  Fioravanti, Valentino, 220

  Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 281

  Flauto, Vincenzo, 284

  Fleming, Renée, xiv, 303, 446, 581n68

 

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