The Musical and Interpretationl Analysis of Sesto and Annio’s Arias from the Opera “La clemenza di Tito” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Main Authors: CHANG,WEI-TZU, 張蔚慈
• Other Authors: LIN,GUI-RU
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/j789xq

碩士 === 實踐大學 === 音樂學系碩士班 === 106 === In terms of the composer’s own sequence of creation, La clemenza di Tito (1791) is the last opera composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). In this work, the voice range of two male characters—Sesto and Annio—was written in the range for mezzo sopranos. When the opera premiered in 1791 in Prague, the character Sesto was played by a mezzo soprano castrato singer, and the character Annio was disguised by a female singer. Until today, these two characters are often played by mezzo sopranos. Starting with an introduction on the background of this repertoire and an analysis on arias written for these two characters, this thesis intends to compare the similarity and differences in these two roles, with an attempt to broaden a further understanding of how male characters are designed to be performed by female singers.