Die Bedeutung der Gluck-Interpretin für das Opernrepertoire des 19. Jahrhunderts

Abstract

The transnational opera market of the nineteenth century was greatly influenced by the leading prima donnas of the time, who through their personal repertories exercised a direct impact on the international repertoire of opera houses’ chosen productions. This study evaluates the influence of Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Therese Tietjens, and Rosa Csillag on both the international reception as well as the transfer of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s works. Stagings of his operas together with performances of his arias, which were by comparison much more prevalent, are hereby considered with regard to the general critical reception of his music at that time.