The reluctant ruler

Opera News | December 6, 1997| | Copyright

To start, a brief quiz. Multiple choice: the opera La Clemenza ai Tite should not be judged too harshly because (a) It was composed in just over six weeks; (b) Mozart was in poor health and poor spirits, having less than five months to live; (c) Salieri had turned down the job first, and Mozart was offended; (d) Mozart took the job for the sake of the money; (e) The libretto was more than fifty years old and had already been set to music many times. Answer: while "all of the above" are true statements, I don't think they explain why La Clemenza di Tito remains one of the composer's lesser ...

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