The Italian Opera Singers in Mozart's Vienna

Dorothea Link is professor emerita of musicology at the University of Georgia. Her books include The National Court Theatre in Mozart's Vienna, Sources and Documents, 1783-1792 and Arias for Stefano Mandini, Mozart’s First Count Almaviva.

Acknowledgments A Note on the Currency Used in Mozart’s Vienna



The Establishment and Management of the Italian Opera Company at the Vienna Court Theater
Classification of Operatic Roles, Voice Types, and Singing Styles
Casting Information in Scores and Librettos of the Operas Produced in the Italian Company, 1783-91
Nancy Storace: The Italian Company, 1783-84
Nancy Storace: The Company Stabilizes, 1784-85
Nancy Storace’s Annus Horribilis and Celeste Coltellini, 1785-86
Nancy Storace’s Exuberant Year, 1786-87
Anna Morichelli Comes and Goes, 1787-88
Luisa Laschi: The Year of the Three Prima Donnas, 1788-89
Adriana Ferrarese: Opera on a Shoestring, 1789-90
Adriana Ferrarese: Portents of Change, 1790-91
A Neapolitan Prima Donna and the End of Josephine Opera, 1791-92

Appendix A. Roles of Ten Major Singers Appendix B. A Tale of Four Scores

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