Zaide
The singspiel Zaide was not completed. No libretto exists; only
the voice parts for the 15 completed numbers exist. The same cast names
appear in a libretto of unknown authorship, Das Serail, oder die unvermutete
Zusammenkunft in der Sklaverey zwischen Vater, Tochter und Sohn, but the
plots evidently differ. The existing music was composed in 1779, discovered
in 1799 by Constanze Mozart, and first published in 1838.
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
K. 344 / 336b
- Librettist: probably Johann Andreas Schachtner
- First performance: Frankfurt, 27 January 1866 (text by Carl Gollmick)
- Libretti (composed numbers only):
Dramatis Personæ
- Zaide (Soprano)
- Gomatz (Tenor)
- Allazim (Bass)
- Sultan Soliman (Tenor)
- Osmin (Bass)
- Zaram, captain of the Sultan's guard (Speaking Role)
- Four Slaves (Tenors)
Setting:Turkey
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