Ascanio in Alba, KV 111
Festa teatrale in two acts
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mixed Choir - Sheet Music

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3 soprano voice solos, mezzo-soprano voice solo, tenor voice solo, mixed choir, orchestra (3Soprano Voice Solo, Mezzo Voice Solo, Tenor Voice Solo, Mixed choir, ballet, Orch)

SKU: BA.BA04504-01

Festa teatrale in two acts. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini. This edition: complete edition, urtext edition. Linen. New Mozart Edition (Neue Mozart Ausgabe - NMA) Serie II, Werkgruppe 5, No. 5. Musiktheater, Tanz, Klassik (Concert Music, Dance, Classical). Complete edition, Score. K. 111. Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04504-01. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04504-01).

ISBN 9790006449170. 33.1 x 26.3 cm inches. Text Language: Italian. Text: Giuseppe Parini.

On the occasion of the marriage of her son Archduke Ferdinand of Austria to the Princess Maria Ricciarda Beatrice of Modena , the Empress Maria Theresia commissioned the young Mozart to compose the work, Serenata Teatrale"Ascanio in Alba". The librettist the Viennese Abate Guiseppe Parini , one of the most outstanding poets of the 18th century, wrote a baroque-designed libretto, which paid homage to and congratulated the royal couple.

Mozart wrote the music in only a few weeks, from the end of August until 23 September 1771. The first performance took place on 17 October 1771 in Milan to rousing success. Shortly thereafter, Leopold Mozart wrote that his son's composition had so overpowered the main performance of Hasses opera,"Il Ruggierio"from the previous day, that he could hardly describe it. The vocal score is based on the Urtext of the New Mozart Edition.

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