Manuel García (1775-1832)
Chronicle of the Life of a bel canto Tenor at the Dawn of Romanticism
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 16 March 2000
- ISBN 9780198163732
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages382 pages
- Size 242x162x25 mm
- Weight 700 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8 pp black and white plates, 7 music examples 0
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Short description:
This is the first comprehensive biography of one of opera history's most important personalities. Renowned Spanish tenor, successful singing teacher, prolific composer, and significant popularizer of Rossini and Mozart roles, García was an influential figure in the international operatic scene of his time. García's life is chronicled from his earliest operatic role years in Seville until his death in Paris in 1832, with substantial reference to previously undiscovered reviews and letters.
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This is the first comprehensive biography of one of opera history's most glorious Spanish tenors. Apart from being renowned as the opening-night tenor in Rossini's Barber of Seville, García was an important popularizer of other Rossini roles as well as those of Mozart (in particular, Don Giovanni) in Paris and London during the 1820s. As one of the first intercontinental superstars, García directed the initial professional Italian opera performances in New York City in 1825 and in Mexico City in 1827. Apart from his extraordinary singing career, García was also an important composer. His early operettas were extremely popular in Madrid, his Il califfo di Bagdad achieved success in Naples and Paris, and his La mort du Tasse was premi?red at the Paris Opera. García's Spanish compositions, in particular, had an impact on French Romantics such as George Sand and Victor Hugo, and ultimately influenced the music of Bizet's Carmen. As a singing teacher, García was beyond comparison. Foremost among his many successful pupils were the tenor, Adolphe Nouritt, and his three children, Maria Malibran, Pauline Viardot- García, and Manuel Patricio García.
James Radomski gathers, for the first time, all pertinent information surrounding García and sets vividly the operatic scene of the period. The musicians life is chronicled from his earliest years in Seville until his death in Paris in 1832. With substantial reference to previously undiscovered reviews and letters, this biography also includes discussions of Garcia's compositions and teaching through musical examples and illustrations.
James Radomsik's new biography brings vividly to life the theatre world of Madrid, Paris and London in the early years of the 19th Century ... the intricacies and intriques of Spanish cultural politics ... make for fascinating reading, as Radomski supplies page after page of unpublished documents.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Birth, Education, and Early Performances, 1775-1797
Début in Madrid, 1798-1799
Málaga and Garcías Return to Madrid, 1799-1804
Last Years in Madrid, 1805-1807
Establishing a Career: Paris (1807-1811) and Italy
Paris (1816-1817) and London
Return to Paris, 1819-1823
London-Paris-London, 1823-1825
New York, 1825-1826
Mexico, 1826-1829
Return to Paris, Last Operatic Performance, 1829
García as Teacher
Last Year and Death, 1831-1832
Aftermath: The Memory and Legacy of García
Appendices
Select Bibliography
Index
