Zaïde

Zaïde is a unfinished opera, K. 344, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780.

The booklet is of Johann Andreas Schachtner, musician of the court of Salzburg, probably inspired by the Zaire of Voltaire. This work was made up in Salzburg, initially for the emperor Joseph II which wished to create a troop of German opera to Vienna. Mozart launched out in this composition without having of firm control, and it undoubtedly gave up work, when it knew that Joseph II did not hope to engage of other type-setters and that moreover, the Vienneses preferred merrier works. Zaïde was represented only in 1866 in an adaptation including/understanding an opening and final writings by Johann Anton Andrè.

Style

Zaïde cannot be described like a Opera buffa or a Opera seriated, it contains elements of the two forms. Zaïde is also remarkable by the fact that it is the only part of Mozart with the n° 4 of Thamos which contains melodramas: the text is not sung and alternate with the music.

Roles

Synopsis

Zaïde, Christian slave of the Soliman sultan, falls in love with Gomatz, also a slave, which causes the jealousy and the anger of the Sultan. They flee with the assistance of Allazim, but they are taken again. They all are condemned to death. But Allazim saved the life of the Sultan fifteen earlier. The Sultan recognizes it and the grâcie. Allazim intervenes in favor of his/her companions and the opera stops there without the final decision of the sultan being known.

Numbers

Act 1

1. " Brüder, lasst ones lustig center, " - Chorus of the slaves
2. Melodrama
3. " Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" - Zaïde
4. " Shave, Schicksal" - Gomatz
5. " Meine Seele hüpft VOR Freuden" - Duet Zaïde-Gomatz
6. " Herr und Freund, wie dank ich to dir! " - Gomatz
7. " Nur mutig, mein Herze" - Allazim
8. " O selige Wonne! " - Trio Zaïde-Gomatz-Allazim

Act 2

9. Melodrama and " DER stolze Löw' lässt sich zwar zähmen" - Sultan Soliman
10. " Wer hungrig EIB der Tafel sitzt" - Osmin
11. " Ich bin so bös als gut" - Sultan Soliman
12. " Trostlos schluchzet Philomele" - Zaïde
13. " Tiger! Wetze nur die Klauen" - Zaïde
14. " Ihr Mächtigen seht ungerührt" - Allazim
15. " Freundin! stille deine Tränen" - Quartet Gomatz-Soliman-Allazim-Zaïde

References

Bertrand Demoncourt (to dir.), Dictionary Mozart , Robert Laffont, coll Books, Paris, 2005 (ISBN 2-221-10437-4) ;
Jean and Brigitte Massin, Mozart , Beech, coll the Essential ones of the music, Paris, 1990;
Guide of the operas of Mozart, directed by Brigitte Massin, Beech, Paris, 1991.

External bonds

Article one the background behind '' Zaide '' by Ian Page
Articles one '' Zaide ''
booklet

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