Beaumarchais and Salieri: from “Tarare” to “Axur”
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The article is devoted to the interrelations of two brilliant
personalities from the second half of the 18th century –
composer Antonio Salieri and French dramatist Pierre-Augustin
Caron de Beaumarchais during the years of their joint work on a
composition – the opera “Tarare.” Basing himself on a number
of research works, both in Russian and in other languages, the
author discoses the history of their cooperation. It took almost
three years for Salieri to finish his opera (at the same time he
was carrying out his duties in the Vienna Court, he also created
several operas). During the preparation for the opera’s world
premiere, Beaumarchais took upon himself the main role and
carried a real advertising campaign, which brought its results.
The premiere of the opera “Tarare” took place with great
success, after which the opera was staged in Paris several times
during the rule of different political regimes. Having returned
to Vienna, Salieri, upon the request of Emperor Joseph began to
work with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte for a revision of “Tarare”
into an Italian version, which was given the title “Axur, Rex
d’Ormuz.” In this revised version the opera obtained greater
popularity and was performed on various theatrical stages in
Europe, including Russia.
Keywords: Salieri, Beaumarchais, Paris, the French
Revolution, Tarare
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