motifs, seeking to explain “the overpowering effect of one sublime natural and
moral event.”Lodoïska
- Pencak, William. “Cherubini Stages a Revolution.” OQ8-1 (Spring 1991):
8–27.
Genesis and program notes on Lodoïska,which was performed 200 times in
its first year, 1791. A prototypical rescue opera, it is said to have influenced
Fidelio. Pencak identifies the slight literature on Cherubini in 31 footnotes.
Médée
ASO68 (1984).
- Ringer, Alexander. “Cherubini’s Médéeand the Spirit of French Revolutionary
Opera.” In Essays in Musicology in Honor of Dragan Plamenac,281–299
(Pittsburgh: U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1969).
Genesis, social context, and program notes. - Fleischer, Tsippi. “Luigi Cherubini’s Médée(1739): A Study of Its Musical and
Dramatic Style.” Ph.D. diss., Bar-Ilan U. (Israel), 1995. 371p.
Vincenzo Ciampi (ca. 1719–1762)
- Sonneck, Oscar G. T. “Ciampi’s Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno and
Favart’s Ninette à la cour: A Contribution to the History of the Pasticcio.”
SIMG12 (1911): 525–564.
Detailed genesis, analysis with many musical examples, comparison of differ-
ent versions, and discussion of the two works in relation to parody. Sonneck
finds that Egidio Duni had nothing to do with Favart’s Ninette,contrary to
earlier views.
Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
Adriana Lecouvreuris in ASO155 (1993).
- D’Amico, Tomasino. Francesco Cilea. Milan: Curci, 1960. 162p. ML410
.C625 A51.
A useful life and works, with program notes and reception of the operas. The
chapter on Adriana Lecouvreur(p.93–110) is a strong overview. Footnotes but
no bibliography or index.
Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
Il matrimonio segretois in ASO175 (1997).
- Iovino, Robereto. Domenico Cimarosa, operista napoletano.Milan: Camu-
nia, 1992. 247p. No ISBN. ML410 .I64 C63.
Life and works, with genesis and program notes on the operas, and a chronol-
ogy. Il matrimonio segretois adequately covered, p.131–154. Bibliography of
some 50 items, no index.
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