Antonio Salieri and Viennese Opera

by John A. Rice

Many know Antonio Salieri only as Mozart's envious nemesis from the film Amadeus. In this well-illustrated work, John A. Rice shows us what a rich musical and personal history this popular stereotype has missed.

Bringing Salieri, his operas, and eighteenth-century Viennese theater vividly to life, Rice places Salieri where he belongs: no longer lurking in Mozart's shadow, but standing proudly among the leading opera composers of his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226711250
• ISBN13: 9780226711256
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 668 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.0" x 9.6"