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Antonio Salieri and Viennese opera.
From: Opera Canada
Date: 20000322
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ANTONIO SALIERI AND VIENNESE OPERA
John A. Rice University of Chicago Press, 1998; 648pp.; $147
Long mythologized as the murderer of Mozart, Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) has endured many a misrepresentation. Depicted as a mean-spirited nemesis of mediocre talent in Mozart and Salieri (Alexander Pushkin's play set to music by Rimsky-Korsakov in the 19th century) and, more recently, in Amadeus (Peter Schaffer's Broadway play adapted for film by Milos Forman), Salieri is more than redeemed by John Rice in his prize-winning book. Given the 1998 Kinkeldey Award by the American ...
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